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▪ I. † peˈriclitate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. perīclitāt-us tried, tested, pa. pple. of perīclitārī: see next.]
Exposed to peril, imperilled.
1525St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 481 The occasion of longer division in Cristendome, wherby the hole state of the same may be periclitate and put in extreme daunger.
▪ II. † peˈriclitate, v. Obs.
[f. L. perīclitāt-, ppl. stem of perīclitārī to expose to risk, danger, or peril, f. perīculum, perīclum trial, risk, danger; cf. F. péricliter (1390 in Godef.).]
trans. To expose to peril; to imperil, endanger, risk.
1623Cockeram, Periclitate, to hazard. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 390* They would periclitate their lives. 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy VIII. iii, Such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye.
b. intr. for pass. In pres. pple. (also as ppl. a.).
1694Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 232 Our State's naufrageous and periclitating. 1853Tait's Mag. XX. 262 The policy of Metternich..would appear to be the one obligatory on the statesmen of that ever periclitating monarchy. |