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Compromit
Com′pro-mitˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Compromitted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Compromitting
.] 1.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
State Trials (1529).
2.
To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise;
as, to
. compromit
the honor or the safety of a nationWebster 1828 Edition
Compromit
COMPROMIT
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
compromit
compromit
See also: compromît
English
Verb
compromit (third-person singular simple present compromits, present participle compromitting, simple past and past participle compromitted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To compromise.
- 1789, Thomas Jefferson, Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson:
- The President […] was of opinion, that the arming and equipping vessels in the ports of the United States to cruise against nations with whom they are at peace, was incompatible with the territorial sovereignty of the United States; that it made them instrumental to the annoyance of those nations, and thereby tended to compromit their peace […]
- (obsolete, transitive) To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
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