endanger

endanger

See also: en danger

English

Alternative forms

• endaunger (obsolete)
• indanger

Etymology

From en- +‎ danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ənˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ənˈdeɪndʒə/
• Hyphenation: en‧dan‧ger

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Verb

endanger (third-person singular simple present endangers, present participle endangering, simple past and past participle endangered)

1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not

   • 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England

     All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.

   • 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs

     If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

     As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290:

     He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:endanger

Translations

to put someone or something in danger

Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost) Chinese: Mandarin: 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí), 使受危險／使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn) Czech: ohrozit (cs) Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), aiheuttaa vaaraa (+ allative) French: compromettre (fr) Galician: arriscar German: gefährden (de) Hungarian: veszélyeztet (hu) Italian: rischiare (it), compromettere (it), mettere in pericolo Japanese: 脅かす (ja) (obiyakasu), 危うくする (ja) (ayauku suru) Ladino: rizikar Maori: whakamōrea, whakamōrearea Old English: frēcnian Portuguese: perigar (pt) Romanian: compromite (ro), periclita (ro), risca (ro), primejdui (ro) Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti) Swedish: sätta i fara Ukrainian: наразити на небезпеку (uk) (narazyty na nebezpeku)

Anagrams

• enranged