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Webster 1913 Edition


Imperil

Im-per′il

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imperiled
or
Imperilled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Imperiling
or
Imperilling
.]
To bring into peril; to endanger.

Webster 1828 Edition


Imperil

IMPER'IL

,
Verb.
T.
[in and peril.] To bring into danger.

Definition 2024


imperil

imperil

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imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (UK) imperilling or (US) imperiling, simple past and past participle (UK) imperilled or (US) imperiled)

  1. (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
    "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering, June 2006
  2. (transitive) To risk.

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