jeopardizev.
/ˈdʒɛpədʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛpərˌdaɪz/ transitive. To put into jeopardy; to jeopard.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)]
plightOE
imperil?a1425
danger1488
endanger1509
enjeopard1523
peril1556
periclitate1623
jeopardize1646
1646 N. Barnet Regenerate Mans Growth in Grace 47 We doe..Jeoperdize our soules safety.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Jeopardize..(This is a modern word used by respectable writers in America, but synonymous with jeopard, and therefore useless.)
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde 2nd Pt. iii. ii That he should jeopardize his wilful head Only for spite at me!
1854 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 4) xx. 326 Where there is danger..loss would ensue, your property would be jeopardized.
1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xiii. 288 Ready to jeopardise their lives for the nation.
1885 S. L. Lee in Dict. National Biogr. I. 13/1 Abbot found it difficult to steer a course that should not jeopardise either his loyalty or his honesty.
Derivatives
ˈjeopardized adj. exposed to risk.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger
unsurea1400
periclitate1525
dangeredc1604
endangered1609
unsafea1616
perdua1625
insecure1655
imperilled1656
unsecure1656
naufrageous1694
perilled1819
jeopardized1864
periculant1882
at-risk1965
1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 328 No one would bide, But fast to his jeopardized fort did ride.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 2/3 A new terror has been added to the already jeopardised existence of the German journalist.
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