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 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.