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Periclitate
Pe-ric′li-tate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
periclitatus
, p. p. of periclitari
, fr. periculum
.] To endanger.
[Obs.]
Periclitating
, pardi! the whole family. Sterne.
Definition 2024
periclitate
periclitate
English
Verb
periclitate (third-person singular simple present periclitates, present participle periclitating, simple past and past participle periclitated)
- (obsolete) To endanger.
- 1765: And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 8 (Penguin 2003, p. 491)