All 3 Uses
peril
in
Antigone
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- 1) Many wonders there be, but naught more wondrous than man; Over the surging sea, with a whitening south wind wan, Through the foam of the firth, man makes his perilous way; And the eldest of deities Earth that knows not toil nor decay Ever he furrows and scores, as his team, year in year out, With breed of the yoked horse, the ploughshare turneth about.†
perilous = dangerous
- Bethink thee that thou treadest once again The razor edge of peril.†
peril = danger
- Of happiness the chiefest part Is a wise heart: And to defraud the gods in aught With peril's fraught.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(peril) danger
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)