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countable and uncountable, plural perils
A situation of serious and immediate danger. examples
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. examples
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. examples
third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled
(transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. quotations examples
And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate
"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co.