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endangers

endangers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of endanger.

Meaning of endanger

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.
    • I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him notc. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
    • He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

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What is endangers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Endangers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of endanger.

Words near endangers in the dictionary

  1. endangereth
  2. endangering
  3. endangerings
  4. endangerment
  5. endangerments
  6. endangers
  7. endangiitis
  8. endangium
  9. endaortitis
  10. endarch
  11. endarchies

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