Definition of "jeoparding" []

• Present participle of jeopard. (verb)

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• "Captivity, and a dungeon; contending with wickedness in high places; jeoparding his Life, endangerd by the intrigues, revenge, and malice, of a potent; tho defeated Nation."
• "Melanippus of Agrigentum, rose not against tyrants, although they saw how badly they managed affairs, and what drunken tricks they played, yet, when they attempted the chastity of their boy-loves, they retaliated on them, jeoparding their lives, as if they were defending the inviolability of temples and sanctuaries."
• "They developed consummate skill in allowing their pupils as much of history, science and philosophy as they could imbibe without jeoparding their faith."