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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hazard  \Haz"ard\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Hazarded};  p.  pr  &  vb  ? 
  {Hazarding}.]  [Cf.  F.  hazarder.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hazarding 
  n  :  the  act  of  gambling;  "he  did  it  on  a  bet"  [syn:  {bet},  {wager}, 
  {risking},  {staking}] 




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