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jeoparding

jeoparding is the present participle and gerund of jeopard.

Meaning of jeopard

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.]...

Questions about jeoparding

What is jeoparding the present participle and gerund of?
Jeoparding is the present participle and gerund of jeopard.

Words near jeoparding in the dictionary

  1. jeoparded
  2. jeoparder
  3. jeoparders
  4. jeopardied
  5. jeopardies
  6. jeoparding
  7. jeopardisation
  8. jeopardise
  9. jeopardised
  10. jeopardises
  11. jeopardising

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