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jeopard definition

jeop·ard (jep′ərd)

transitive verb

Now Rare jeopardize

Etymology: ME jeuparten, back-form. < jeuparti, jeopardy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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