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Webster 1913 Edition


jeopardize

jeop′ard-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jeopardized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeopardizing
.]
To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

Syn. – jeopard.
That he should
jeopardize
his willful head
Only for spite at me.
H. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jeopardize

JEOPARDIZE

,
Verb.
T.
jep'ardize. To expose to loss or injury; to jeopard. [This is a modern word, used by respectable writers in America, but synonymous with jeopard and therefore useless.]