jeopard
Example Sentences
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Rather than jeopard independence he sacrificed home, money, honours, even reputation itself.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
All the ten noble knights sought to dissuade him from dishonouring himself and from forcing them to jeopard their lives, unarmed as they were, in defending the Queen.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."
From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Edward Eggleston
The correct word is jeopard, but in any case there is no need for anything so farfetched and stilted.
From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Ambrose Bierce
