Definition of Dangir
Dan"ger (?), 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.]
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. -- 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, v. t. To endanger.
[Obs.] Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DANGER, n.
A savage beast which, when it sleeps,
Man girds at and despises,
But takes himself away by leaps
And bounds when it arises.
Ambat Delaso
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (Obsolete): Authority; jurisdiction; control
Quotations
*In danger had he . . . the young girls. - Chaucer
- (Obsolete): Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below.
Quotations
*You stand within his danger, do you not? Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i
*Covetousness of gains hath brought in danger of this statute. - Robynson (More's Utopia).
- Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
- (Obsolete): Difficulty; sparingness. - Chaucer
- (Obsolete): Coyness; disdainful behavior. - Chaucer
- (Obsolete): To endanger. - Shakespeare
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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