Verb

(compromitt)

(obsolete) To compromise.

* {{quote-book, year=1859, author=John S. C. Abbott, title=The Empire of Russia, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The embassador, Alexeief, was authorized to make all proper protestations of friendship, but to be very cautious not to compromit the dignity of his sovereign. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1789, author=Thomas Jefferson, title=Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The President

(obsolete) To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.

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