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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Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
Why should he jeopard his own life, if it was not agreed that he should be there?
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
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
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
I purpose to do nothing to jeopard it.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
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