Danger /(?)/

Dan·ger

Danger

n.
  1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]
    In dangerhad he . . . the young girls.
  2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.]
    You stand within his danger, do you not?
    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.]
  5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.]
    Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not.
    — Robynson (More's Utopia).
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.

Danger

v. t.
  1. To endanger. [Obs.]