peril : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peril	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for peril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peril n a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" Synonym(s): hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment a state of danger involving risk Synonym(s): riskiness, 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" Synonym(s): risk, peril, danger v pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonym(s): endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonym(s): queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p[82]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. [bd]On thy soul's peril.[b8] --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.