adventure

t. & i. [In Fr. a venturer; Ital. avventurare.] [ADVENTURE, 8.] 1. Trans. To risk, to hazard, to put in danger. "So bold Leander would adventure it." Shakesp. Two Gentlemen of Verona , iii. 1. Yet they adventured to go back."-Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progre , pt. 1. It is sometimes used reflectively. desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre." Acts xix. 31. 2. In trans. To venture. " Page . I an almost afraid to stand alone Here in the churchyard: yet I will adventure ." Shakesp. Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. There is properly an ellipsis in the above example, the meaning being, "yet I will adventure to do it;" it thus resembles the example from Bunyan. ad-věnt'-üred, pa . par . & a. [ADVENTURE, V.] *ad-věnt-üre-ful, a. [ADVENTURE.] Full of adventure; delighting in enterprise. *ad-věnt'-üre-ment, s. [Eng. adventure ; ment.] Danger, hazard, risk. "Laughs at such dangers and adventurements ." Hall : Satires , IV. iii. 34. 95