jeopard

[ jep-erd ]

/ ˈdʒɛp ərd /

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verb (used with object)

to jeopardize.

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Origin of jeopard

1325–75; Middle English juparten, back formation from jupartiejeopardy, representing Middle French jeu partir to divide play, play, hence, take a chance

Words nearby jeopard

Jennings, jenny, Jensen, Jensenism, jeon, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardous, jeopardy, Jephthah, Jequié

How to use jeopard in a sentence

We would not jeopard the religion and morality of the South to save a Union that had failed for every useful purpose.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
All they bachelors then asked of sir Leopold would he in like case so jeopard her person as risk life to save life.
Ulysses|James Joyce
What right had he to further jeopard the life, the honor, of these, his father's fondest treasures?
Foes in Ambush|Charles King
He undertakes to make the philosopher's stone, and will jeopard his life upon it.
History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.|James Anthony Froude

And when they heard of his adventures, they marveled that he would jeopard his person so, alone.
Children's Literature|Charles Madison Curry

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