Antonyms for perilled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : per-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əl

Definition of perilled

Origin : c.1200, from Old French peril "danger, risk" (10c.), from Latin periculum "an attempt, trial, experiment; risk, danger," with instrumentive suffix -culum and element also found in experiri "to try," cognate with Greek peria "trial, attempt, experience," empeiros "experienced," Old Irish aire "vigilance," Gothic ferja "watcher," Old English fær "danger, fear" (see fear (n.)).

As in jeopardize : verb endanger
As in menace : verb bother, frighten
As in risk : verb take a chance
As in compromise : verb put in jeopardy
As in endanger : verb put in jeopardy
As in expose : verb subject to danger
As in imperil : verb cause to be in danger

Example sentences :

I say must, the very instant his life would not be perilled by the attempt.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Night after night he has perilled his own life to come here.
Extract from : « Vera » by Oscar Wilde

Thou sayest, Gurth, that all should not be perilled on a single battle.
Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

For this cowardly creature the Somauli policeman had perilled his life.
Extract from : « Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

Never before did so much seem to have been won, because never before did so much seem to have been perilled.
Extract from : « The Coward » by Henry Morford

He perilled everything, while they staked only their lives and their property.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 » by Various

Were that of all my ancestors in my veins, I would have perilled it in this quarrel.'
Extract from : « Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete » by Sir Walter Scott

Discovery would not only have perilled my own life, but also have involved those of my kind protectors.
Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

You had perilled your soul in damning them all in turn; and now it comes out, that you are the "enfant chri" of the establishment.
Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

He had perilled his life, and a few feet of common earth was all the reward that death allotted to him.
Extract from : « History of the Anglo-Saxons » by Thomas Miller

Synonyms for perilled

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