[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adventure \adven"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.
   1913 webster
   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.
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   2. risk; danger; peril. obs.
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            he was in great adventure of his life. --berners.
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   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.
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            he loved excitement and adventure.    --macaulay.
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   4. a remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring
      incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --bacon.
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   5. a mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a
      venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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   a bill of adventure com., a writing setting forth that
      the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.
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   syn: undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.
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see also:
a bill of adventure 

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