Dictionary

endanger en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɛnˈdeɪndʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
   • 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.
   • As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
   • I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
   • All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:
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

Deriveds

endangerer · endangerment · endangerable

Relateds

dangerous · danger

Synonyms

endanger · fraise · threaten · imperil · jeopardise

Translations (35)

pl zagrażać (to put someone or something in danger) · gl arriscar (to put someone or something in danger) · he סִכֵּן (to put someone or something in danger) · cs ohrozit (to put someone or something in danger) · de gefährden (to put someone or something in danger) · hu veszélyeztet (to put someone or something in danger) · ru подверга́ть опа́сности (to put someone or something in danger) · it rischiare (to put someone or something in danger) · cmn 危害 (to put someone or something in danger) · sv sätta i fara (to put someone or something in danger) · it compromettere (to put someone or something in danger) · fi vaarantaa (to put someone or something in danger) · bg излагам на опасност (to put someone or something in danger) · uk наразити на небезпеку (to put someone or something in danger) · it mettere in pericolo (to put someone or something in danger) · ja 危うくする (to put someone or something in danger) · cmn 使受危險 /使受危险 (to put someone or something in danger) · pl zagrozić (to put someone or something in danger) · ja 脅かす (to put someone or something in danger) · es apeligrar (to put someone or something in danger) · ro primejdui (to put someone or something in danger) · fr compromettre (to put someone or something in danger) · ru подве́ргнуть опа́сности (to put someone or something in danger) · ro periclita (to put someone or something in danger) · cmn 危及 (to put someone or something in danger) · pt perigar (to put someone or something in danger) · nl in gevaar brengen (to put someone or something in danger) · ro risca (to put someone or something in danger) · lad rizikar (to put someone or something in danger) · fi aiheuttaa vaaraa (to put someone or something in danger) · ro compromite (to put someone or something in danger) · mi whakamōrea (to put someone or something in danger) · fr mettre en danger (to put someone or something in danger) · ang frēcnian (to put someone or something in danger) · mi whakamōrearea (to put someone or something in danger)