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Danger (?), n. [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.]
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In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer.
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2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below.
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You stand within his danger, do you not? Shak.
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Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
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4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.”
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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. -- 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.
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Danger, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.
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