n. [ OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame. ] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [ Obs. ] See In one's danger, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

You stand within his danger, do you not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetousness of gains hath brought [ them ] in dangerof this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Difficulty; sparingness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [ Obs. ] This sense is retained in the proverb, “Out of debt out of danger.” [ 1913 Webster ] Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. Robynson (More's Utopia). --
To do danger, to cause danger. [ Obs. ] Shak.

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To endanger. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of danger; dangerous. [ Obs. ] -- Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall. [1913 Webster]

a. Free from danger. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger. ] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [ Colloq. ] Forby. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Reserved; not affable. [ Obs. ] “Of his speech dangerous.” Chaucer.

-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]