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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If it should prove otherwise, Congress can at any time amend those laws in such manner as, while subserving the public welfare, not to jeopard the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
We got through in the nick of time, and shall we jeopard what we've gained?
From Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is manifestly a departure from the line of duty for a man to jeopard the means of maintenance for his family, without any prospect of advantage to himself or them.
From Woman: Man's Equal by Thomas Webster
And yet this reality of power an editor is ready to jeopard for the sake of gratifying his family by exposing them in Paris!
From Famous Americans of Recent Times by James Parton
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
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