RISK

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. Macaulay.

2.
n.

Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.

3.
v.

To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

4.
v.

To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

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