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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ad·ven·ture
n.
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
.
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
.
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