English

Verb

jeopard ‎(third-person singular simple present jeopards, present participle jeoparding, simple past and past participle jeoparded)

1. (transitive, archaic) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxv, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:

     Soo they come vnto Carlyon / wherof his knyghtes were passynge glad / And whanne they herd of his auentures / they merueilled that he wold ieoparde his persone soo al one / But alle men of worship said it was mery to be vnder suche a chyuetayne that wolde put his persone in auenture as other poure knyghtes dyd

   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XV:

     It semed therfore to us a goode thynge […] to sende chosen men unto you, with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have ieoperded theyr lives, for the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ.

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     “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.”

Synonyms

• jeopardize

Related terms

• jeopardy

References

• jeopard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913