JEOPARDIES

Noun

jeopardies

plural of jeopardy

Anagrams

• jeopardise

Source: Wiktionary


JEOPARDY

Jeop"ard*y, n. Etym: [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.]

Definition: Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak.

Syn.

– Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.

Jeop"ard*y, v. t.

Definition: To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.

JEOPARDY

Jeop"ard*y, n. Etym: [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.]

Definition: Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak.

Syn.

– Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.

Jeop"ard*y, v. t.

Definition: To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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