Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adventure"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.

I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adventured}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Adventuring}.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.

2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,

Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter,
anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire,
adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the
sense of ``to happen, befall.'' See Advene.]
1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;
hence, chance of danger or loss.

Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she
must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him
individually. --Milton.

2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]

He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.

3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking
enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be
encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.

He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay.

4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring
incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.

5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a
venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

{A bill of adventure} (Com.), a writing setting forth that
the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.

Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

adventure
n : a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
[syn: {escapade}, {risky venture}, {dangerous undertaking}]
v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you
buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: {gamble}, {chance},
{risk}, {hazard}, {take chances}, {run a risk}, {take a
chance}]
2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
[syn: {venture}, {hazard}, {stake}, {jeopardize}]


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