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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p['e]ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum,
     akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See
     Fare, and cf. Experience.]
     Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or
     property to injury, loss, or destruction.
  
           In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. --2 Cor. xi.
                                                    26.
  
           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.
  
     Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See Danger.

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