rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. = JEOPARD v. 1.
1460. Paston Lett., II. 87. Yf ye dar joperdie your suyrtie of c. marc I shall come and se you.
1836. Fraser’s Mag., XIV. 272. He did wrong in jeopardying his well-earned histrionic fame.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, xviii. She would have seen … how entirely her character was jeopardied [later ed. jeopardized].
