compromit

Com"pro*mit`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.] Etym: [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.] 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 nation.

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