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Webster 1913 Edition
Dangerous
Dan′ger-ous
,Adj.
1.
Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are
The ways are
dangerous
. Shakespeare
It is
dangerous
to assert a negative. Macaulay.
2.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
If they incline to think you
To less than gods.
dangerous
To less than gods.
Milton.
3.
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
[Colloq.]
Forby. Bartlett.
4.
Hard to suit; difficult to please.
[Obs.]
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and
– My lord to me is hard and
dangerous
. Chaucer.
Dan′ger-ous-ly
, adv.
Dan′ger-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dangerous
DANGEROUS
,Adj.
1.
Perilous; hazardous; exposing to loss; unsafe; full of risk; as a dangerous voyage; a dangerous experiment.2.
Creating danger; causing risk of evil; as a dangerous man; a dangerous conspiracy.