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.
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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.
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Ad*ven"ture, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
I would adventure for such merchandise.
Shak.
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