jeopard

[jep-erd]

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verb (used with object)

to jeopardize.

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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Related Words for jeopard

endanger, jeopardize, compromise, menace, expose, peril, risk, hazard, jeopardy, jeopard

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Historical Examples of jeopard

For but a kiss did Jove forsake the skies, and jeopard his high realm!
Semiramis and Other Plays
Olive Tilford Dargan
We got through in the nick of time, and shall we jeopard what we've gained?
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
The leaders in Peru did not propose to jeopard their own supremacy.
The South American Republics, Part II (of 2)
Thomas C. Dawson
We may deal freely with our own, but it is forbidden to jeopard the goods of another.
Mercedes of Castile
J. Fenimore Cooper
Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Edward Eggleston