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imperils

imperils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of imperil.

Meaning of imperil

Verb

imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (US) imperiling or (UK) imperilling, simple past and past participle (US) imperiled or (UK) imperilled)

  1. (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
    • […]they occupied the country, expelled the inhabitants, and terminated for ever the rivalry which had so long imperilled their own naval supremacy in Greece.1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, page 169
    Synonyms:
    endanger
  2. (transitive) To risk or hazard.

Questions about imperils

What is imperils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Imperils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of imperil.

Words near imperils in the dictionary

  1. imperillers
  2. imperilling
  3. imperillings
  4. imperilment
  5. imperilments
  6. imperils
  7. imperiogenesis
  8. imperious
  9. imperiously
  10. imperiousness
  11. imperiousnesses

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