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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HAZ'ARD, n. [L. casus, a fall, and ard, the common termination.]
1. Chance; accident; casualty; a fortuitous event; that which falls or comes suddenly or unexpectedly, the cause of which is unknown, or whose operation is unforeseen or unexpected.
I will stand the hazard of the die.
2. Danger; peril; risk. He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Men are led on from one stage of life to another, in a condition of the utmost hazard.
3. A game at dice.
To run the hazard, to risk; to take the chance; to do or neglect to do something, when the consequences are not foreseen, and not within the powers of calculation.
HAZ'ARD, v.t. To expose to chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk; as, to hazard life to save a friend; to hazard an estate on the throw of a dice; to hazard salvation for temporal pleasure.
Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
1. To venture to incur, or bring on; as, to hazard the loss or reputation.
HAZ'ARD, v.i. To try the chance; to adventure; to run the risk or danger.
Pause a day or two, before you hazard--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
2: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck, fortune, chance, hazard]
3: an obstacle on a golf course v
1: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard]
2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
3: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Paul (-Gustave-Marie-Camille) 1878-1944 French literary historian

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hasard, from Old Spanish azar, from Arabic al-zahr the die Date: 14th century 1. a game of chance like craps played with two dice 2. a source of danger 3. a. chance, risk b. a chance event ; accident 4. obsolete stake 3a 5. a golf-course obstacle II. transitive verb Date: 1530 venture, risk <hazard a guess as to the outcome>

U.S. Military Dictionary

A condition with the potential to cause injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation. See also injury; risk. (JP 3-33)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a danger or risk. 2 a source of this. 3 chance. 4 a dice game with a complicated arrangement of chances. 5 Golf an obstruction in playing a shot, e.g. a bunker, water, etc. 6 each of the winning openings in a real-tennis court. --v.tr. 1 venture on (hazard a guess). 2 run the risk of. 3 expose to hazard. Etymology: ME f. OF hasard f. Sp. azar f. Arab. az-zahr chance, luck

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hazard Haz"ard, n. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hazard Haz"ard, v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hazard Haz"ard, n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.] 1. A game of chance played with dice. --Chaucer. 2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty. I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak. 3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. --Rogers 4. (Billiards?) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. ``Your latter hazard.'' --Shak. Hazard table, a a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. To ru? the hazard, to take the chance or risk. Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hazards, hazarding, hazarded) 1. A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation. A new report suggests that chewing-gum may be a health hazard... N-COUNT: oft N to/for n, N of n 2. If you hazard someone or something, you put them into a situation which might be dangerous for them. (mainly WRITTEN) He could not believe that, had the Englishman known how much he was at risk, he would have hazarded his grandson. VERB: V n 3. If you hazard or if you hazard a guess, you make a suggestion about something which is only a guess and which you know might be wrong. I would hazard a guess that they'll do fairly well in the next election... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event. 2. Danger, peril, risk, jeopardy. II. v. a. 1. Venture, adventure, risk. 2. Jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard.

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