risk
risk is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. See Danger.
- 2.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.
- 3.To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is risk.
- What is hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. See Danger called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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