Peril

n.	1.	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 one's peril with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life. [imp. & p. p. Periled or Perilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Periling or Perilling.]
v. i.	1.	To be in danger.

Noun	1.	peril - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" Synonyms: hazard, jeopardy, risk
	2.	peril - a state of danger involving risk Synonyms: riskiness
	3.	peril - 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" Synonyms: danger, risk
Verb	1.	peril - pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, threaten
	2.	peril - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonyms: endanger, queer, scupper, expose

PERIL. The accident by which a thing is lost Lee,. Dr. Rom. 911.

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