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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Briskly :: Briskly (adv.) In a brisk manner; nimbly.
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference..
Bite :: Bite (v.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper..
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..
Gambol :: Gambol (v. i.) To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs..
Lively :: Lively (superl.) Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below..
Alert :: Alert (a.) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage..
Reinsure :: Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it..
Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Morisk :: Morisk (n.) Same as Morisco.
Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..
Animation :: Animation (n.) The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation..
Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..
Actuary :: Actuary (n.) The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances..
Freshen :: Freshen (v. i.) To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens..
Rattle :: Rattle (v. i.) To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles..
Squirr :: Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Peril :: Peril (v. t.) To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life..
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