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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Danger \Dan"ger\, noun [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See {Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.]
1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]
In dangerhad 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? --Shak.
Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof 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."
Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
{To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.
Usage: {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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Danger \Dan"ger\, verb (used with an object) To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [ant: {safety}]
2: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: {risk}, {peril}, {danger}]
3: a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
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