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.
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