[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENDANGER.

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1585.  Act 27 Eliz., c. 2 § 1 (Ruffhead), The great Endangering of the Safety of her most Royal Person.

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1605.  Narr. Murthers Sir J. Fitz (1860), 13. Also an indangering to Sir John his own life.

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a. 1649.  Drumm. of Hawth., Σκιαμαχια, Wks. (1711), 203. Your Petition is for the endangering of our Peace and Liberties.

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1858.  Bright, Sp., 27 Oct. Reform, The endangering of the Constitution.

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