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  • 61Wheeler Hazard Peckham — (January 1, 1833 ndash;September 27, 1905) was an American lawyer from New York and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. His father, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, was also a lawyer, and a New York Court of Appeals judge and… …

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  • 62adventure — I. n. 1. Chance, hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake, experiment, trial. 2. Hazardous enterprise, bold undertaking. 3. Event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, crisis, contingency. 4. (Com.) Speculation. II. v. a. Hazard …

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  • 63risk — I. n. Danger, hazard, jeopardy, peril, exposure to harm. II. v. a. 1. Hazard, peril, endanger, jeopard, jeopardize, put in peril, put to hazard, expose to danger. 2. Venture, dare to undertake …

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  • 64stake — I. n. 1. Stick (pointed for driving into the ground), picket, pale. 2. Wager, bet, pledge. 3. Risk, hazard, venture, adventure. 4. Martyrdom (by fire). II. v. a. Risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put… …

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  • 65compromise — com·pro·mise 1 n: an agreement resolving differences by mutual concessions esp. to prevent or end a lawsuit compromise 2 vb mised, mis·ing vt: to resolve or dispose of by a compromise cases in which a dispute is compromised E. A. Farnsworth and W …

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  • 66endanger — v. a. Hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit, compromise, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in jeopardy …

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  • 67jeopard — v. a. Hazard, imperil, peril, endanger, jeopardize, risk, put in jeopardy, put at hazard, put at risk …

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  • 68endanger — en·dan·ger vt: to bring into danger or peril vi: to create a dangerous situation charged with driving to endanger Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. endanger …

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  • 69At a venture — Venture Ven ture (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See {Adventure}.] 1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 70Venture — Ven ture (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See {Adventure}.] 1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. [1913 Webster] I, in… …

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