\Com"pro*mit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromitted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Compromitting}.] [L. compromittere. See
{Compromise}, n.]
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.