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Danger
(Dan"ger), v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.

Dangerful
(Dan"ger*ful) a. Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] — Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall.

Dangerless
(Dan"ger*less), a. Free from danger. [R.]

Dangerous
(Dan"ger*ous) a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]

1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous.
Shak.
It is dangerous to assert a negative.
Macaulay.

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods.
Milton.

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

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

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

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

Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv.Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.