endanger

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   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 not

2. 2
   verb

   To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

   He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.

3. 3
   verb

   put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

4. 4
   verb

   pose a threat to

Etymology

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