jeopard

Example Sentences

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It is clearly a dialect form of jeopard, and I make no doubt that juberous is a dialect variation of jeopardous, occasionally used as a form of dubious.

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

I purpose to do nothing to jeopard it.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

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 Cutler, U. Waldo

"That fear, I hope, is removed; and as for my presence here, one word briefly spoken, and it shall not longer jeopard your safety."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

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