| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Imperil.[Websters]
2. To be endangered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have jeopardized, adventured or jeopardised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have ventured, gambled or represented.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb imperil.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (imperil) | 1. Pose a threat to; present a danger to.[Wordnet]. 2. To bring into peril; to endanger.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: imperiling, imperilling, imperiled, imperils, imperilist, imperilists, imperilingly, imperillingly and imperiledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IMPERILED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Specialty Definition: imperil
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To bring into danger.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard. "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering, June 2006. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To risk. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
