Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To put in jeopardy; expose to loss or injury; hazard; imperil; endanger.
  • Synonyms To peril, imperil, risk.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to jeopardize; to hazard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, archaic To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.

Etymologies

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Back-formation from jeopardy.

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