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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They called it "a sore adventure to jeopard ships with men and goods unto the said island, upon the singular trust of one man, called, as they understood, Sebastian."
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
How many of them have not stinted to jeopard their lives, and how many have willingly lost their lives indeed, without any great kindness showed them before—and afterward, you know, they could nothing win!
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
We got through in the nick of time, and shall we jeopard what we've gained?
From Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
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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