- Adventure
- Adventure 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.]
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1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;
hence, chance of danger or loss.
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Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. [1913 Webster]
{A bill of adventure} (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
