| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: jeoparding, jeoparded, jeopards, jeoparder, jeoparders, jeopardingly and jeopardedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "JEOPARD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references) |
| Note: Jeopard \Jeop"ard\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Jeoparded; present participle verb or noun Jeoparding.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: JEOPARD
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] jep'ard. To hazard; to put in danger; to expose to loss or injury. Zebulon and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to the death in the high places of the field. Judges.5.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (transitive, archaic) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard. 1819: “And, by the Saint Christopher at my baldric,” said the good yeoman, “were there no other cause than the safety of that poor faithful knave, Wamba, I would jeopard a joint ere a hair of his head were hurt.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe. (references) | ||
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