Definition of Imperils

1. Verb. (third-person singular of imperil) ¹

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Definition of Imperils

1. imperil [v] - See also: imperil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperils

imperialities
imperiality
imperialize
imperialized
imperializes
imperializing
imperially
imperials
imperil
imperiled
imperiling
imperilled
imperilling
imperilment
imperilments
imperils (current term)
imperious
imperiously
imperiousness
imperiousnesses
imperipinnate
imperishability
imperishable
imperishableness
imperishables
imperishably
imperishingness
imperium
imperiums
impermanence

Literary usage of Imperils

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

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"He handles his hero with affectionate jocularity bordering on farce; he imperils John's dignity by laying bare ..."

2. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1886)
"Apostasy imperils Life.—The Attributes of God.- Spiritual Beings.—Worship of Saints.—The Resurrection of the Body.—Judgment at the Last Day.—Paradise. ..."

3. Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1899)
"... and its own power—Question whether rapid decline of religious beliefs imperils morality; and as to possibility of any great national or moral changes. ..."

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