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Definition of Adventore

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.

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.

Ad*ven"ture, v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk.

I would adventure for such merchandise.
Shak.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  • 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.
  • A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
  • A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  • (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
  • (transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
  • (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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