Dictionary

jeopard en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒɛpə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 ded // 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.], folio 21, verso:
   • 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:
   • “And, by the Saint Christopher at my baldric,” said the good yeoman, “were there no other cause than the safety of that poor faithful knave, Wamba, I would jeopard a joint ere a hair of his head were hurt.” 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter I, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 4:

Forms

Deriveds

jeoparder · unjeoparded

Relateds

jeopardy

Synonyms

hazard · imperil · jeopardize