Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peril"
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) 1.7 (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}, {jeopardise},
{menace}, {threaten}, {imperil}]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: {queer}, {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}]
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