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Webster 1913 Edition
Peril
Per′il
,Noun.
[F.
péril
, fr. L. periculum
, periclum
, akin to peritus
experienced, skilled, and E. fare
. See Fare
, and cf. Experience
.] Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
In
perils
of waters, in perils
of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26.
Adventure hard
With
With
peril
great achieved. Milton.
At one’s peril
, or On one's peril
with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.
“On thy soul's peril.” Shak.
Syn. – Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See
Danger
. Per′il
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Periled
or Perilled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Periling
or Perilling
.] To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk;
as, to
. peril
one's lifePer′il
,Verb.
I.
To be in danger.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Peril
PER'IL
,Noun.
1.
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; particular exposure of person or property to injury,loss or destruction from any cause whatever. In perils of waters; in perils of robbers. 2 Cor.11.
2.
Danger denounced; particular exposure; You do it at your peril, or at the peril of your father's displeasure.PER'IL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2025
peril
peril
See also: péril
English
Noun
peril (plural perils)
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
- (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a situation of serious danger
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something that causes, contains, or presents danger
Verb
peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling, simple past and past participle periled)
- (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.]
- 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
- And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
- "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
- 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate: