Hazarding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazarded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Hazarding}.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See {Hazard}, n.]
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     1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of
        loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
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              Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical
              obedience.                            --John Clarke.
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              He hazards his neck to the halter.    --Fuller.
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     2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
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              I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.  --Shak.
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              They hazard to cut their feet.        --Landor.
  
     Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
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