jeopard
English
Etymology
Back-formation from jeopardy.
Pronunciation
Verb
jeopard (third-person singular simple present jeopards, present participle jeoparding, simple past and past participle jeoparded)
- (transitive, archaic) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury
- 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.”
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References
- “jeopard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.