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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'periclitate' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions periclitate verb (periclitat, ing) (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) Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum "experiment, risk". Compare peril.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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