periclitate means to endanger. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum (“experiment, risk”). Compare peril.
verb
- To endanger.“And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.”