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Adventual
Adventual Ad*ven"tu*al (?; 135), a.
Relating to the season of advent. --Sanderson.
Adventure
Adventure Ad*ven"ture, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak.
AdventureAdventure Ad*ven"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor. AdventuredAdventure Ad*ven"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor. Adventureful
Adventureful Ad*ven"ture*ful, a.
Given to adventure.
Adventurer
Adventurer Ad*ven"tur*er, n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]
1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who
seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous
enterprises.
2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
AdventuresomeAdventuresome Ad*ven"ture*some, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n. AdventuresomenessAdventuresome Ad*ven"ture*some, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n. Adventuress
Adventuress Ad*ven"tur*ess, n.
A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by
equivocal means.
AdventuringAdventure Ad*ven"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor. AdventurousAdventurous Ad*ven"tur*ous, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.
aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to
embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied
to persons.
Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See Rash. Adventurously
Adventurously Ad*ven"tur*ous*ly, adv.
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
Adventurousness
Adventurousness Ad*ven"tur*ous*ness, n.
The quality or state of being adventurous; daring;
venturesomeness.
At a ventureVenture 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.
Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure,
that is, at adventure. AventurineAventurine A*ven"tu*rine, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It.
avventurino.]
1. A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was
produced in the first place by the accidental (par
aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of
melted glass.
2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone. Aventurine feldsparAventurine A*ven"tu*rine, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It.
avventurino.]
1. A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was
produced in the first place by the accidental (par
aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of
melted glass.
2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone. Coadventure
Coadventure Co`ad*ven"ture (?; 135), n.
An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
Coadventure
Coadventure Co`ad*ven"ture, v. i.
To share in a venture. --Howell.
Coadventurer
Coadventurer Co`ad*ven"tur*er, n.
A fellow adventurer.
ConventualPrior Pri"or, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F.
prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]
(Eccl.)
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at
the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.
Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a
monastery; prior of the cloisters. ConventualConventual Con*ven"tu*al (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
F. conventuel.]
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual
garb.' --Macaulay.
Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a
convent or monastery. --Wordsworth. Conventual
Conventual Con*ven"tu*al, n.
One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
--Addison.
Conventual churchConventual Con*ven"tu*al (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
F. conventuel.]
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual
garb.' --Macaulay.
Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a
convent or monastery. --Wordsworth. Disadventure
Disadventure Dis`ad*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
adventure: cf. OF. desaventure.]
Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Disadventurous
Disadventurous Dis`ad*ven"tur*ous, a.
Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
DisaventureDisaventure Dis`a*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [See Disadventure,
Adventure.]
Misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser. Disaventurous
Disaventurous Dis`a*ven"tur*ous, a.
Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Disventure
Disventure Dis*ven"ture (?; 135), n.
A disadventure. [Obs.] --Shelton.
Eventually
Eventually E*ven"tu*al*ly, adv.
In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
EventuateEventuate E*ven"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eventuated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Eventuating.]
To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to
pass.
Meaning of Ventu from wikipedia
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