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Webster 1913 Edition
Imperil
Im-per′il
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imperiled
or Imperilled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imperiling
or Imperilling
.] To bring into peril; to endanger.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imperil
IMPER'IL
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
imperil
imperil
English
Verb
imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (UK) imperilling or (US) imperiling, simple past and past participle (UK) imperilled or (US) imperiled)
- (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
- (transitive) To risk.
Synonyms
- (put into peril): endanger
Related terms
Translations
to put in peril