Ven"ture , v. t. 1. 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. 2. To put or send on a venture
or chance; as, to venture a horse to the
West Indies.
3. 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.
Ven"ture , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's
self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan.
2.
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.
Ven"ture (?; 135), n.
[Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]
1. 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.
2. An event that is
not, or can
not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. Bacon.
3. 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.
34. A bargain at a venture made.
Hudibras. &fist; The phrase at a
venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.
Hear it pronounced