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Definition of Jeopardise
1. Verb. Pose a threat to; present a danger to. "Sam cannot jeopardise Sue "; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
Generic synonyms: Be, Exist
Derivative terms: Jeopardy, Jeopardy, Menace, Peril, Peril
Definition of Jeopardise
1. Verb. To put in jeopardy, to threaten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jeopardise
1. [v -DISED, -DISING, -DISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeopardise
Literary usage of Jeopardise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parts of Speech: Essays on English by Brander Matthews (1901)
"Stevenson in this novel uses both the modern jeopardise and the ancient ...
Just why to jeopardise should have driven to jeopard out of use, it is not easy ..."
2. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later: Both by the Original Discoverer of the by Samuel Butler (1920)
"Do nothing to jeopardise your own safety; you can do more by perfunctory acquiescence
than by open dissent . And tell those friends whom you can trust, ..."
3. Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference by Henry Lee, Charles Carter Lee (1839)
"... private associations of laudable views and unimposing numbers, and those whose
magnitude may rivalise and jeopardise the march of regular government. ..."
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