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5 words match “JEOPARDY”

JEOPARDY n. 2 definitions
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.
JEOPARD v.
To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard. Sir T. North. A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death. Judg. v. 18.
JEOPARDER n.
One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]
JUPARTIE n.
Jeopardy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PERIL n.
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26. Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak.…