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.