Usually means: Endanger, jeopardize, put at risk.
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  1. periclitate: Merriam-Webster
  2. periclitate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. periclitate: Wordnik
  4. periclitate: Wiktionary
  5. Periclitate: Dictionary.com
  6. Periclitate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. periclitate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. periclitate: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  9. Periclitate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. periclitate: FreeDictionary.org
  11. periclitate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Periclitate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. periclitate: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (periclitate)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To endanger.

Similar:
plyght, caveat, increpate, beclepe, impearce, impest, effront, aventure, anear, perk, more...

Opposite:
safeguard, protect, secure, ensure

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Similar:
plyght, caveat, increpate, beclepe, impearce, impest, effront, aventure, anear, perk, more...

Opposite:
safeguard, protect, secure, ensure



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