danger

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DANGER, noun Peril; risk; hazard; exposure to injury, loss, pain or other evil. Our craft is in danger to be set at nought. Acts 19:27. It is easy to boast of despising death, when there is no danger DANGER, verb transitive To put in hazard; to expose to loss or injury.
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