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Danger
Noun[edit] danger (plural dangers)
(obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
"You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, 4:1:180) [quotations ▼]
(obsolete) Liability. [quotations ▼]
(obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
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(obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
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(obsolete) A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
Exposure to liable harm.
"Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (William Hazlitt, Table talk).
An instance or cause of liable harm.
"Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (Times, 5 Sept. 3/2).
Mischief.
"We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2:1:17).
Synonyms[edit]
See also Wikisaurus:danger
Derived terms[edit] kicking in danger
Translations[edit]
[show ▼]exposure to liable harm
[show ▼]instance or cause of liable harm
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Verb[edit]
danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)
(obsolete) To claim liability.
(obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
(obsolete) To run the risk.
Quotations[edit]
For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Related terms[edit] dangerous dungeon domain dame endanger References[edit]
^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=danger&searchmode=none
Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams[edit]
gander, garden, grande, ranged
French[edit]
French Wikipedia has an
Danger
Noun[edit] danger (plural dangers)
(obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
"You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, 4:1:180) [quotations ▼]
(obsolete) Liability. [quotations ▼]
(obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
(obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
(obsolete) A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
Exposure to liable harm.
"Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (William Hazlitt, Table talk).
An instance or cause of liable harm.
"Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (Times, 5 Sept. 3/2).
Mischief.
"We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2:1:17).
Synonyms[edit]
See also Wikisaurus:danger
Derived terms[edit] kicking in danger
Translations[edit]
[show ▼]exposure to liable harm
[show ▼]instance or cause of liable harm
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
[show ▼]Translations to be checked
Verb[edit]
danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)
(obsolete) To claim liability.
(obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
(obsolete) To run the risk.
Quotations[edit]
For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Related terms[edit] dangerous dungeon domain dame endanger References[edit]
^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=danger&searchmode=none
Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams[edit]
gander, garden, grande, ranged
French[edit]
French Wikipedia has an