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periling


Meanings
  • A state of danger or jeopardy.

    - "The old bridge was in a periling state and had to be closed for repairs."
    - "Despite the company's financial troubles, its CEO remained optimistic and refused to acknowledge that the company was in a periling situation."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with periling
persevere , endure , peregrine , impearle , verisimilitude , perilous , precarious , imminent
Variants
List of all variants of periling that leads to same result
peril , periled , periling , perilled , perilling , perils
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From the Old English word 'perigan', which meant 'to endanger, to imperil'.


Quotes
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  1. … she did more harm than all Frederick's diplomacy could repair, and "perilled" her chance of her inheritance like a giddy heedless creature as she was.

    - William Makepeace Thackeray,{it}Vanity Fair{/it},1848

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