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Webster 1913 Edition

Compromit

Com′pro-mitˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Compromitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Compromitting
.]
[L.
compromittere
. See
Compromise
,
Noun.
]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Compromit

COMPROMIT

,
Verb.
T.
[L., To promise.] To pledge or engage, by some act or declaration, which may not be a direct promise, but which renders necessary some future act. Hence, to put to hazard, by some previous act or measure, which cannot be recalled; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Definition 2024

compromît

compromît

See also: compromit

French

Verb

compromît

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of compromettre

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