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indanger

indanger is the alternative form 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

Forms of indanger

third-person singular presentindangers
present participleindangering
past participleindangered
pastindangered

Origin of indanger

From in- + danger.

Questions about indanger

What is indanger the alternative form of?
Indanger is the alternative form of endanger.

Words near indanger in the dictionary

  1. indane
  2. indanedione
  3. indanes
  4. Indang
  5. Indangan
  6. indanger
  7. indanidine
  8. indanocine
  9. indanol
  10. indanols
  11. indanone

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