JEOPARDY

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.