jeopard

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If it should prove otherwise, Congress can at any time amend those laws in such manner as, while subserving the public welfare, not to jeopard the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

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 Stevens, Monica

We may deal freely with our own, but it is forbidden to jeopard the goods of another.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

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

The rest, so far from promoting the objects of the French mission, did much to jeopard its success.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell