compromit

No door should be left open for the evasion of our laws, no opportunity afforded to any who may be disposed to take advantage of it to compromit the interest or the honor of the nation.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

The colonial pedants denounced to advocate as bitterly as they ever denounced to compromit or to happify, and all the English authorities gave them aid, but it forced itself into the American language despite them, and today it is even accepted as English and has got into the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Chapter 1. Introductory. 5. The General Character of American English Henry Louis 1921

So did to compromit (i. e., to compromise), to homologize and to happify.

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921

Others were made by hitching suffixes to nouns, or by groping for roots, e. g., to deputize, to locate, to legislate, to infract, to compromit and to happify.

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921

Thornton’s last example of the use of to compromit is dated 1842; of to happify, 1857, and of to ambition, 1861.

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921

France in transporting troops, provisions, and munitions of war to the principal seat of military operations and in bringing home their sick and wounded soldiers; but such use of our mercantile marine is not interdicted either by the international or by our municipal law, and therefore does not compromit our neutral relations with Russia.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce 1878

No door should be left open for the evasion of our laws, no opportunity afforded to any who may be disposed to take advantage of it to compromit the interest or the honor of the nation.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan 1878

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.

The Empire of Russia 1841

Charlot's fall, had no desire to compromit himself; and, feeling sure that Charlemagne would avenge the death of his son, he saw no occasion for his doing anything more at present.

Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831

Charlot's fall, had no desire to compromit himself; and, feeling sure that Charlemagne would avenge the death of his son, he saw no occasion for his doing anything more at present.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831