To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.

Syn. — Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger.

Risk
(Risk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Risked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Risking.] [CF. F. risquer. See Risk, n.]

1. 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.

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

Syn. — To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.

Risker
(Risk"er) n. One who risks or hazards. Hudibras.

Riskful
(Risk"ful) a. Risky. [R.] Geddes.

Risky
(Risk"y) a. Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter." W. Collins.

Generalization are always risky.
Lowell.

Risorial
(Ri*so"ri*al) a.[L. ridere, risum, to laugh.] Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.

Risotto
(||Ri*sot"to) n. [It.] A kind of pottage.

Risse
(Risse) obs. imp. of Rise. B. Jonson.

Rissoid
(Ris"soid) n. [NL. Rissoa, the typical genus ( fr. A. Risso, an Italian naturalist) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidæ, found both in fresh and salt water.

Rissole
(||Ris`sole") n. [F., fr. rissoler to fry meat till it is brown.] (Cookery) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

Rist
(Rist) obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth. Chaucer.

Rit
(Rit) obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer.

Ritardando
(||Ri`tar*dan"do) a. [It.] (Mus.) Retarding; — a direction for slower time; rallentado.

Rite
(Rite) n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. riti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: cf. F. rit, rite. CF. Rivulet.] The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.

He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity.
Macaulay.

Risk
(Risk) n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg. risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut; — the word having been probably first used among sailors. See Section.]

1. 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. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.


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