venture

Definitions

1. 1.An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. Bacon.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.A bargain at a venture made. Hudibras. Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.
4. 4.To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
8. 8.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.

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

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Definition-first questions whose answer is venture.

• What is an event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. Bacon called?
• What is a bargain at a venture made. Hudibras. Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure called?
• What is to hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies called?
• What is 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 called?