What does "peril" mean?
Peril: Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak. See Danger.
Additional senses
- 2.To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
- 3.To be in danger. [Obs.] Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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