peril

SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt

//ˈpɛɹɪl//
//ˈpɛɹəl//

A situation of serious and immediate danger.

Substantiv

1
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Your life is in peril.
2
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)
3
An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

Herkunft

From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.

Verb

1
To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
Remember how much she had perilled for a fine house and gorgeous furniture, for carriages and horses, jewels and laces; and do not wonder if she clings with a desperate tenacity to gauds and gew-gaws, in the hour of her despair.
"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

Formen

Plural: perils
Präteritum: periled, perilled
Partizip II: periled, perilled
Partizip I: periling, perilling
3. Person Singular: perils

performing · A performance.perfume · A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles…perhaps · Possibly.

peril · A situation of serious and immediate danger.

perimeter · The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an…period · A length of time.perish · To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

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