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peril |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p['e]ril, 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 peril great achieved. --Milton. {At}, 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peril \Per"il\, v. 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 life. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peril \Per"il\, v. i. To be in danger. [Obs.] --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peril n 1: a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: {hazard}, {jeopardy}, {risk}] 2: a state of danger involving risk [syn: {riskiness}] 3: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: {risk}, {danger}] v 1: pose a threat to present a danger to "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: {endanger}, {jeopardize}, {menace}, {threaten}, {imperil}] 2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: {queer}, {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}]
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