Peril /(?)/
Per·il
Peril
n.
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Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
In perils of waters, in perils of robbers.
Adventure hard With peril great achieved.
Phrases & Compounds
- At one's peril
- with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.
Peril
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Periled; p. pr. & vb. n. Periling
- To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
Peril
v. i.
- To be in danger. [Obs.]