jeopard

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And when they heard of his adventures, they marveled that he would jeopard his person so, alone.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

We got through in the nick of time, and shall we jeopard what we’ve gained?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

How many of them have not stinted to jeopard their lives, and how many have willingly lost their lives indeed, without any great kindness showed them before—and afterward, you know, they could nothing win!

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

They have been timidly 'practical,' ludicrously tied up to precedents, when, in times past we have urged them to some act which seemed likely to jeopard party.

From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by Boutwell, George S.