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Webster 1913 Edition

jeopardize

jeop′ard-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jeopardized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeopardizing
.]
To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

Syn. – jeopard.
That he should
jeopardize
his willful head
Only for spite at me.
H. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jeopardize

JEOPARDIZE

,
Verb.
T.
jep'ardize. To expose to loss or injury; to jeopard. [This is a modern word, used by respectable writers in America, but synonymous with jeopard and therefore useless.]

Definition 2024

jeopardize

jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

Verb

jeopardize ‎(third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)

  1. (US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
    After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.

Translations

Etymology

jeopardy +‎ -ize

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