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Complete Definition of "periclitate"

English
Etymology
From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum �experiment, risk�. Compare peril.

Verb
en-verb|periclitat|ing

  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)

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