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imperil, v.|ɪmˈpɛrɪl|
Also 6–9 em-.
[f. em- 1, im-1 + peril n.]
trans. To bring into or put in peril; to endanger, hazard, risk.
α1596Spenser F.Q. iv. iv. 10 Braggadochio..never thought..His person to emperill so in fight. 1650B. Discolliminium 53 [It] will..emperil the..Common-Wealth. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 95 By the scandal of their lives they emperilled the stability of their order. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. xli. (1865) V. 68 A professional emulation..emperilled the tranquillity of the city.
β1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady ii. Chorus, Will I..imperill the innocence, and candor of the Author, by his calumnie? 1775Ash, Imperil (..not used), to endanger. 1849Grote Greece ii. xliii. V. 300 Sicily..was already sufficiently imperiled by its formidable enemies in Africa. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 191 Life and property were imperilled by an insecure succession.
Hence imperilled, -iled ppl. a.; also imˈperilment, the action of imperilling, or condition of being imperilled.
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. i. ii, Fearful imperilment of the victory. 1846Grote Greece i. xvi. I. 551 The Dioscuri as the protectors of the imperiled mariner. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. v. 1185 Cruelty, Oppression and imperilment of life. 1870Illustr. Lond. News 29 Oct. 438 The means of saving or helping to save 19,687 imperilled lives. |