danger

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) Liability.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
  6. Noun.  Exposure to liable harm.
  7. Noun.  An instance or cause of liable harm.
  8. Noun.  Mischief.
  9. Verb.  (obsolete) To claim liability.
  10. Verb.  (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
  11. Verb.  (obsolete) To run the risk.

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