jeopard
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of jeopard
1325–75; Middle English juparten, back formation from jupartie jeopardy, representing Middle French jeu partir to divide play, play, hence, take a chance
Example Sentences
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What right had he to further jeopard the life, the honor, of these, his father's fondest treasures?
From Foes in Ambush by Charles King
VINCENT: That must I needs jeopard, for other surety can there none be had.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
She will attempt to seize upon the revolted provinces of other powers, and jeopard her central position by the miserable attempt to keep truth and its enjoyment from the extremities.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
All the ten noble knights sought to dissuade him from dishonouring himself and from forcing them to jeopard their lives, unarmed as they were, in defending the Queen.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."
From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Edward Eggleston
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