Definition of Jeopardising

1. Verb. (present participle of jeopardise) ¹

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Definition of Jeopardising

1. jeopardise [v] - See also: jeopardise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeopardising

jensenite
jentacular
jenticulate
jentling
jentschite
jeofail
jeofails
jeon
jeopard
jeoparded
jeopardies
jeoparding
jeopardise
jeopardised
jeopardises
jeopardising (current term)
jeopardization
jeopardizations
jeopardize
jeopardized
jeopardizes
jeopardizing
jeopardous
jeopards
jeopardy
jepoardy
jeppeite
jequerity
jequirities
jequirity

Literary usage of Jeopardising

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookmart (1890)
"... so wide in the circuit of its judgments—a volume which shows Mr. Pater finally victorious over certain temptations to mere daintiness once jeopardising ..."

2. Reports of Criminal Law Cases: Decided at the City-hall of the City of New by Jacob D. Wheeler (1851)
"But if your honours should establish the construction contended for by the counsel of the United States, viz: that wounding and jeopardising are two ..."

3. Socialism and Its Perils: A Critical Survey of Its Policy, Showing the by William Earnshaw Cooper (1908)
"WHITTLING AND jeopardising. The composition of trade is necessarily of such a complex nature that its component parts cannot be whittled away with impunity ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"... would thus counteract the purpose of stabilisation, and would risk jeopardising the fiscal position should oil prices unwind thereafter. ..."

5. The Lancet (1898)
"... not be introduced into it and many petty restrictions removed which would have the effect of popularising the service without jeopardising discipline. ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... that Norris was always quarrelling with his brother officers, and was jeopardising by his insolent demeanour those good relations between the Dutch and ..."

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