Venture /(?; 135)/

Ven·ture

Venture

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
I, in this venture, double gains pursue.
— Dryden.
An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
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.

A certain man drew a bow at a venture.
— 1 Kings xxii. 34.

A bargain at a venture made.
— Hudibras.

At a venture: at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random.

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb. n. Venturing

To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
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: to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.

v. t.

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.
To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
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.