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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Venture

Venture (venture)
n.(?; 135)
Ven"ture
[Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]
  1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

    I, in this venture, double gains pursue. Dryden.

  2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
    Bacon.
  3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

    My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak.

    At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random.

    A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34.

    A bargain at a venture made. Hudibras.

    * The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.

Venture

Venture (venture)
v. i.
Ven"ture
  1. To hazard one's self] to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
    Bunyan.
  2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

    Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. J. Dryden, Jr.

    To venture at, or To venture on or upon, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. "When I venture at the comic style." Waller.

Venture

Venture (venture)
v. t.
Ven"ture
  1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

    I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. Shak.

  2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
  3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
    [R.]

    A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. Addison.













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