endanger
verboatestado nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ɛnˈdeɪndʒə//
- Estados Unidos//ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ//
- Estados Unidos//ɪnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ//
To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
verbo
- 1
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
All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.
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.
- 2
obsoletoTo incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.
Etimologia
From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.
Formas
- pretérito
- endangered
- particípio passado
- endangered
- gerúndio
- endangering
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- endangers
endanger · To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
endangered · in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong…endeavor · A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a…ended · Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.