archaic form meaning to put into jeopardy or danger; to risk or endanger.
Variant of enjeopard, possibly with phonetic reanalysis. Both forms existed in Middle English but are now completely archaic, replaced entirely by 'jeopardize.'
Seeing 'enjeopardy' in old texts is like watching English evolve in real-time—the language tried this form, it didn't stick, and 'jeopardize' won out because it felt more natural to speakers' ears.
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