Definition of risk

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Risk (n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication..

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Gavot :: Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over..
Frisking :: Frisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fris.
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) Risk; danger; peril.
Brisk :: Brisk (a.) Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits..
Spark :: Spark (n.) A brisk, showy, gay man..
Risk :: Risk (n.) To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle..
Alacrity :: Alacrity (n.) A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.
Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value..
Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. i.) To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
Precarious :: Precarious (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Brisk :: Brisk (v. t. & i.) To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up..
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage..
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference..
Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit..
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