jeopard

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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

Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."

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

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.

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

It's only at night when the ghosts awaken, And gibber and whisper horrible things; For to every foot of this God-forsaken Zone of jeopard some horror clings.

From Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)