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enˈdangered, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
a. That is or has been exposed to danger.
1597Daniel Civ. Wares iv. xlix. (1609) 99, Had he not speedy succour lent To his indangered father. 1692South Serm. (1697) I. 85 Ded., The drift [of these discourses] is to carry the most Endangered, and Endangering Truth, above the Safest, when sinfull, Interest. 1846Grote Greece I. i. viii. 235 Protectors of the endangered mariner.
b. spec. (of an animal or plant) in danger of extinction; esp. in endangered species (also transf. and fig.).
1964Congress. Rec. 8 July 16099/1 A partial list of extinct and endangered species of the United States and Puerto Rico is attached. 1976New Yorker 12 Jan. 58/2 Seven hundred and sixty-one plants were designated as ‘endangered’, meaning their survival was in serious doubt. 1980Alabama Hist. Q. Spring–Summer 102 The buildings illustrated were selected on the basis of their presence on the endangered species list. 1984Sunday Times 22 Apr. 3/3 Dangerfield is being forced to close his collection of endangered birds. 1985Times 11 Jan. 13/4 Freestanding art schools are becoming a rare and endangered species in this country. |