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Webster 1913 Edition
Danger
Dan′ger
,Noun.
1.
Authority; jurisdiction; control.
[Obs.]
In
danger
had he . . . the young girls. Chaucer.
2.
Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
[Obs.]
See In one’s danger
, below.You stand within his
danger
, do you not? Shakespeare
Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in
danger
of this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia).
3.
Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
4.
Difficulty; sparingness.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
5.
Coyness; disdainful behavior.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
In one's danger
, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him.
[Obs.]
This sense is retained in the proverb, “Out of debt out of danger.”
Syn. – Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.
–
Danger
, Peril
, Hazard
, Risk
, Jeopardy
. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. Dan′ger
,Verb.
T.
To endanger.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Danger
DANGER
,Noun.
Our craft is in danger to be set at nought. Acts xix.
It is easy to boast of despising death, when there is no danger.
DANGER
,Verb.
T.