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jeopard

/ˈd͡ʒɛpə(ɹ)d/

jeopard verb: to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury.

Verb

jeopard (third-person singular simple present jeopards, present participle jeoparding, simple past and past participle jeoparded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury
    • So they com vnto Carlion · where of hys knyghtꝭ were paſſynge glad // And whan they herde of hys aduentures / they mervayled that he wolde Iouꝑde his ꝑſon ſo a lone / But all men of worſhip ſeyde hit was myrry to be vnđ ſuch a chyfftayne that wolde putte hys ꝑſon in adventure as oþ̃ poure knyghtis...1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678) (in Middle English), [England: s.n.]...
    • It ſemed therfore to vs a goode thynge[…]to ſende choſyn men vnto you / with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul / men that have ieoperded theyr lives / for the name of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xv:[25–26], folio clxxvij, verso

Synonyms of jeopard

Forms of jeopard

third-person singular presentjeopards
present participlejeoparding
past participlejeoparded
pastjeoparded

Origin of jeopard

From Middle English juparte, from jupartie (“jeopardy”) and Old French jeu partir.

Words formed from jeopard

Questions about jeopard

What does jeopard mean?
Jeopard means to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury.
What part of speech is jeopard?
Jeopard is a verb.
How do you pronounce jeopard?
Jeopard is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛpə(ɹ)d/.
What is the past tense of jeopard?
The past tense of jeopard is jeoparded.

Words near jeopard in the dictionary

  1. Jeongdongjin
  2. Jeongs
  3. Jeonju
  4. jeons
  5. jeonse
  6. jeopard
  7. jeoparded
  8. jeoparder
  9. jeoparders
  10. jeopardied
  11. jeopardies

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