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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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
Will you, by new issues upon which you know you have not the voice of the people, jeopard these rights which you can by the aid of the Union party secure to these freedmen?
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
"That fear, I hope, is removed; and as for my presence here, one word briefly spoken, and it shall not longer jeopard your safety."
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
Else why should I jeopard my life by freeing you?
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
Was I bound to jeopard all the common good of life for the chance of—just failing to know existence from a higher plane?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
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