jeopard
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Was I bound to jeopard all the common good of life for the chance of—just failing to know existence from a higher plane?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
She will attempt to seize upon the revolted provinces of other powers, and jeopard her central position by the miserable attempt to keep truth and its enjoyment from the extremities.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
It is a circumstance of no unusual occurrence, for a gale to alter its direction with so little warning, as greatly to jeopard the safety of a ship, or even to overwhelm her.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
For the flatterer who so telleth them would, if he told a true tale, jeopard to lose his lucre.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
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
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