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1. (n.) Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

2. (n.) Hazard of loss; liability to loss in property.

3. (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.

4. (n.) To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

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