Periclitate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Periclitate \Pe*ric"li*tate\, v. t. [L. periclitatus, p. p. of
     periclitari, fr. periculum.]
     To endanger. [Obs.]
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           Periclitating, pardi! the whole family.  --Sterne.


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