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
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The rest, so far from promoting the objects of the French mission, did much to jeopard its success.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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
My private concerns,—they seem large to me, and I fear to jeopard them by becoming entangled here.
From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith
For the thing that folk sore long for, they will make many shifts to get and jeopard themselves for.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
We may deal freely with our own, but it is forbidden to jeopard the goods of another.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
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