Dictionary entry

Hazard (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Haz″ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. n.Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See Hazard, n.]

1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke.

He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.

2. To venture to incur, or bring on.

I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. Shak.

They hazard to cut their feet. Landor.

Syn. — To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.