compromit Meaning, Definition & Usage

Com"pro*mit` transitive verb
Etymology
L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Compromitted; present participle & verbal noun Compromitting
Definitions
  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 1913