endanger

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ENDANGER, verb transitive [from danger.] To put in hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury. We dread any thing that endangers our life, our peace or our happiness. 1. To incur the hazard of. [Unusual.]
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