periclitate

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum ‘experiment, risk’. Compare peril.

Verb

periclitate (third-person singular simple present periclitates, present participle periclitating, simple past and past participle periclitated)

  1. (obsolete) To endanger.
    • 1765: And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 8 (Penguin 2003, p. 491)

Latin

Participle

perīclitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of perīclitātus
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