COMPROMIT, verb transitive [Latin, To promise.] To pledge or engage, by some act or declaration, which may not be a direct promise, but which renders necessary some future act. Hence, to put to hazard, by some previous act or measure, which cannot be recalled; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.