adventure

Definitions

1. 1.Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] He was in great adventure of his life. Berners.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix.
6. 6.2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor.
7. 7.To try the chance; to take the risk. I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is adventure.

• What is risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] He was in great adventure of his life. Berners called?
• What is a remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon called?
• What is to risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix called?
• What is 2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor called?
• What is to try the chance; to take the risk. I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak called?