Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ventured"

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

Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Venturing}.]
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.


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