Defn: 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.
Syn.
— To hazard; risk; imperil; endanger; expose.
JEOPARDER
Jeop"ard*er, n.
Defn: One who puts in jeopardy. [R.]
JEOPARDIZE
Jeop"ard*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeopardizing.]
Defn: To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
That he should jeopardize his willful head Only for spite at me. H.
Taylor.
JEOPARDOUS
Jeop"ard*ous, a.
Defn: Perilous; hazardous.
His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller.
— Jeop"ard*ous*ly, adv. Huloet.
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.]
Defn: 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.