jeopard

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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

It is a circumstance of no unusual occurrence, for a gale to alter its direction with so little warning, as greatly to jeopard the safety of a ship, or even to overwhelm her.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore

Hardly, my dear friend, for I fear that on deck you would give way to your own individual prejudices against me, and do something that would jeopard my interest in the premises.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

He undertakes to make the philosopher's stone, and will jeopard his life upon it.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

"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