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compromit |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Compromit \Com"pro*mit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromitted}; p. pr & vb n. {Compromitting}.] [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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