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venturen.

Brit. /ˈvɛntjʊə/, /ˈvɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)ʃər/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s ventur. β. 1500s–1600s (1800s dialect) venter.
Etymology: Aphetic < aventure adventure n.: compare Italian ventura, Portuguese ventura. In some senses perhaps from the verb. The form is no doubt partly due to the initial a- of aventure having been taken as the indefinite article, especially after the stressing aˈventure had become usual. In 15th cent. texts it is probable that occasional instances of a venture or a venter should be read as one word.
I. Senses relating to fortune, risk, or adventure.
†1.
a. Fortune, luck; chance. = adventure n. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck
sitheOE
hapc1275
fortunea1300
timingc1300
thriftc1305
speeda1325
casta1400
venturea1450
issuec1475
luck1481
success1548
speeding1573
chancing1583
potluck1592
ship1851
joss1913
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2811 Launcelot saw ther was no socoure, nedysse muste he hys venture abyde.
†b. a venture's stroke, one delivered at a venture; a chance stroke. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous circumstance
hazard1340
accidencea1393
a venture's strokec1450
chance1487
contingent1548
circumstance1599
lotterya1616
accidency1645
by-accident1648
frisk1665
accidentala1834
the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > chance or random blow
a venture's strokec1450
pot-shot1950
c1450 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 308 Come in with a rake in every a syde, An hole rownde and an halfe, wath so hit betyde, iiij. quarters and a rownd and a ventures stroke wyth.
c. at a venture, at random, by chance, without due consideration or thought; = adventure n. Phrases 1a.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance
by perchance1495
at a venture1517
per accidens1528
at hazard (also hazards)a1533
at random1543
by occasion1562
at range1568
by the way1572
by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586
hit or miss1609
at the by1611
hob-nob1660
hit and miss1897
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > careless or heedless [phrase] > careless or thoughtless
at a venture1517
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) iv. 21 How at a venture and by sodayne chaunce He met with fame by fortunes purueyaunce.
c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) iv. i. 157 Then, good Inclination, beginne at a venter.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 15 But if the things aforesaid be not..weighed or marked, but be sold at a venture.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xxii. 34 A certaine man drew a bow at a venture . View more context for this quotation
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 141 'Tis possible, that I may several times by guess, or at a venture, hit upon any number.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 252 They should rather fire at a Venture.
1780 W. Cowper Let. 5 June (1979) I. 345 I never in my Life begun a Letter more at a Venture than the present.
1802 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights I. 220 As I no longer knew where I was, I continued swimming at a venture.
1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew II. ii. 34 ‘And your mother was an Indian,’ said Lady Jane, drawing her bow at a venture.
†2.
a. Danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk
adventurec1300
balance1330
jeopardyc1374
hazard1527
venture1549
risgoe1638
to run a risco1657
risk1661
fire hazard1846
health hazard1893
α.
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bv Thy life thou must put in venter For Christes congregation.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 79 [He pressed] on the Persians, that they desired to come off without more venture, and so..retired home.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 156 By this way the Seed was put into the Husbandmans hand, and no venture to him.
1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 188 The Venture's greater, I'll presume to say, To give your Person, than your Goods away.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. v. 132 ‘Nevertheless,’ said the King, ‘it is not our pleasure so to put thee in venture.’
β. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C One that hath now made the sixth returne vpon venter . View more context for this quotation1623 T. Scott High-waies of God 75 The venter and hazard is the buyers and the sellers, but the certaine gaine fals betwixt both to the usurer.1640 W. Habington Hist. Edward IV 90 When she perceived the Lords earnest to have the Prince present in the battle, shee violently opposed. In respect of his youth, want of experience, and the so mighty venter.
†b. to run the venture of, to run the risk of.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of
undergoc1315
venture1548
hazard1550
to venture on (also upon1557
run1592
dare1604
endanger?1611
risk1673
to run the venture of1723
court1930
to go nap on1959
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 200 To run the venture of the Gallows, rather than the venture of Starving.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xii. 243 [He] had rather forego his known Right, than run the Venture of doing even a hard thing.
3.
a. An act or occasion of trying one's chance or fortune; a course or proceeding the outcome of which is uncertain, but which is attended by the risk of danger or loss; an enterprise, operation, or undertaking of a hazardous or risky nature.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > a risky undertaking
adventurec1300
venturea1566
adventry1616
risk1666
fenda1724
forlorn hope1768
long chance1854
salto mortale1896
crap shoot1958
a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Ejv G. Wilt thou venter thy life for a man, so fondly? P. It is no venter, my friende is iust, for whom I desire to die.
a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ee4v/1 I'le be your scholler, I cannot loose much by the venture sure.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A4 Your Charity..made you so resolute and pressing to have me run a Venture, which you are pleas'd to think but a very Small One.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 181 The rest, which they durst not remove, for fear of endangering all at one venture.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vii, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 246/2 No bailiff dared..to enter; A man would bear upon his face, For fifteen months..The yawn of such a venture.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. v. 60 I made the desperate venture of sending off my..huntsman..to find the Esquimaux.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. 326 He deemed it better not to make his great venture till he had strengthened his force.
in extended use.1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 7 A kind of probationary venture of the will.
†b. In the phrases to put in or to a (or the) venture, to hazard or risk. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk
to put in adventurec1300
jeopardc1374
wage?a1400
adventurec1400
jeopardy1447
enhazard1562
hazard1569
venture1575
impawn1613
hazardize?a1616
to put in or to a (or the) venture1638
risk1660
compromise1696
commit1738
compromit1787
to lay (or put) it on the line1968
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 18 I have put my selfe to the venture to goe as farre as Gascogny to seeke you out.
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 101 He resolved to put all in a venture.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 146 How loath would I bee..to have the matter put to a venture.
a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 33 This Love of Christ makes us put all to the venture; what loss had thir poor Women that put their All to the venture for him?
1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 323 As soon as they have paid their Debts, what is left they put to the venture.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at To Adventure To venture, or put to the Venture, to hazard.
†c. to give the venture, to make the attempt.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)]
fanda1225
procurea1325
assay1370
workc1384
to put oneself in pressc1390
purchasec1400
buskc1450
study1483
fend15..
try1534
enterprise1547
to make an attempt?c1550
to give the venture1589
prove1612
nixuriate1623
to lay out1659
essay1715
to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771
to have (or take or give) a crack1836
to make an out1843
to go to market1870
to give it a burl1917
to have a bash (at)1950
1589 W. Wren in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 144 That although the people were blacke and naked, yet they were ciuill: so that he would needes giue the venter, without the consent of the rest, to go without weapon.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 194 Then Patroclus gave the venture.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie Introd. sig. D2v However I will give the venture, and make as..profitable a discovery, as the times enable me, of the whole World.
d. An adventure or remarkable feat, incident, etc. rare.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > adventure
adventure1474
venture1810
the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > exceptional or remarkable
adventurec1300
bearinga1387
feata1400
hardiment1487
facta1525
derring-do1579
achievement1583
adventry1616
coup d'éclat1668
exploit1725
venture1810
stunt1892
a hard act to follow1942
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 97 The race of yore Who..told our marvelling boy-hood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen vi. 86 The ventures of the Greeks, are surrounded by such a multitude of imagined dangers, and [etc.].
4.
a. An enterprise of a business nature in which there is considerable risk of loss as well as chance of gain; a commercial speculation.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading venture or speculation > an act of
adventure1548
venture1584
spec1794
operation1832
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > a speculation
adventure1548
venture1584
speculation1776
spec1794
operation1832
play1957
1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 51 Your venter was much, but your gaines such, as..you are lyke to liue by the losse.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 265 Hath all his ventures faild, what not one hit. View more context for this quotation
1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3v If you died to day, And gaue him all,..What large returne would come of all his venters . View more context for this quotation
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. ii. sig. D3 But I buy it. My venter brings it me. View more context for this quotation
1660 S. Pepys Diary 3 Oct. (1970) I. 258 I heard the Duke speak of a great design that he and my Lord of Pembrooke have..of sending a venture to some parts of affrica to dig for gold-ore there.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough xvii. 232 Of both he keeps his Ledger:—there he reads Of gainful Ventures and of godly Deeds.
1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 5 [He] agreed to join them in their venture, and supply them with the necessary means.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 465 Inducing other people to spend their money..on such a venture as a limited company.
b. That which is ventured or risked in a commercial enterprise or speculation.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > venture or return
venture1600
return1614
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Fiv He may pricke his foot with a thorne, and be as much as the whole venter is woorth. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 61 Theres a whole marchants venture of Burdeux stuffe in him. View more context for this quotation
a1764 R. Lloyd Temple Favour in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 135 The consequence has Æsop told, He lost his venture, sheep and gold.
1771 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 152 As to merchandise, the few Ventures he took out with him, he has brought back unchanged!
1814 Canning in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 57 It is the ship Kingsmill,..destined for the East Indies... She is a venture of 40,000l.
1868 Stephen's New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 6) II. 601 The importer is now enabled to bring his goods into this country, without being obliged to pay the duties until he finds for his venture either a foreign or a home purchaser.
†5. Chance or risk of something (Scottish); also elliptical, chance of being efficacious or beneficial. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity
chance1297
occasiona1382
opportunitya1387
fair play?a1500
main chance1577
venturea1625
opening1752
ettle1768
slant1837
sporting chance1897
open go1918
a fair crack of the whip1929
a1625 T. Lodge Poore Mans Talentt (1881) 16 Dropp..two or three dropps into your eies. If you could get the liuer of a buck and mix it with these, it would bee the better, and the water would haue greater venture.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. lxxviii. 200 Your Lordship hath now a blessed venture of winning court with the Prince of the Kings of the earth.
a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) sig. A2 That it is better for you to come and take your venture of suffering nor bide away.
6. The (or an) act of venturing upon something; an attempt at some action; also, the means or result of so venturing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt
tastec1330
assayc1386
proffera1400
proof?a1400
pluck?1499
saymenta1500
minta1522
attemptate1531
attempt1548
attemption1565
say1568
trice1579
offer1581
fling1590
tempt1597
essay1598
trial1614
tentative1632
molition1643
conamen1661
put1661
tentamen1673
conatus1722
shot1756
go1784
ettle1790
shy1824
hack1830
try1832
pop1839
slap1840
venture1842
stagger1865
flutter1874
whack1884
whirl1884
smack1889
swipe1892
buck1913
lash1941
wham1957
play1961
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy Pref. 6 A few short papers, under the title of this little venture, appeared at intervals in Bentley's Miscellany.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 96 There are many forms of so called decoration in architecture, habitual, and received,..without any venture at expression of dislike.
1883 G. Meredith Earth & Man i On her great venture, Man, Earth gazes.
7. = adventure n. 5. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > action of taking risks
adventurec1400
adventurousness1530
adventurement1598
adventuresomeness1731
adventurism1838
venture1844
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen vi. 91 Navigating the seas of their forefathers with the same heroic..spirit of venture.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 26 Who..fled from pomp of Courts..to win lost souls..with loving venture.
II. Someone who ventures.
†8. A prostitute; = venturer n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 124 Diseas'd ventures That play with all Infirmities for Gold, Which rottennesse can lend Nature. View more context for this quotation
†9. One who or that which ventures out. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > [noun] > one who or that which ventures out
venture1702
1702 in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 123 The cruisers..may pick up all ventures out without hazard.
10. venture-girl, venture-miss, a girl or woman who goes to India in order to get a husband (both now Historical).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > attempt to gain husband > one who > by going to India
venture-girl1825
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 287 It was a rule in the carnal bazar of Bengal for Venture-Misses to take the first man who proposed.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. 107 Mrs. Nubley was a venture girl from England.

Compounds

venture capital n. = risk capital n. at risk n. Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > provision of capital > capital or principal > types of
stock1598
artificial capital1772
circulating capital1776
natural capital1785
money capital1791
working capital1798
reserve1819
authorized capital1825
current asset1826
loan capital1848
capital asset1851
water1867
capital equipment1893
refugee capital1926
risk capital1927
hot money1936
venture capital1943
risk money1944
exposure1975
1943 M. A. Shattuck in Addresses at Membership Forum (Nat. Assoc. Investment Companies) 22 Industry during the last decade has not only lacked venture capital for new enterprises; it has also lacked venture capital for established concerns.
1971 Financial Mail (Johannesburg) 26 Feb. 681/1 These are some of the..successes which have brought just about every major US institution into the venture capital arena.
1981 Sci. Digest Aug. 118/1 Venture capital, the money that bankrolls people with an innovative product, dried up in 1969.
venture capitalist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > other capitalists or financiers
angel1885
financial wizard1952
venture capitalist1971
vulture capitalist1978
1971 Financial Mail (Johannesburg) 26 Feb. 681/2 Some venture capitalists insist on a majority equity stake.
Venture Scout n. a male or (since 1976) female member of that section of the Scout Association for those between 16 and 20 years of age (cf. Rover Scout n. at rover n.2 Compounds 2).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides
Boy Scout1908
patrol leader1908
scout1908
scoutmaster1908
tenderfoot1908
captain1909
Girl Guide1909
Girl Scout1909
lieutenant1909
pathfinder1911
sea scout1911
rosebud1914
brownie1916
sixer1916
tenderpad1916
Brown Owl1918
rover1918
Rover Scout1918
ranger1920
tawny owl1921
Cub1922
Akela1924
scouter1930
Guider1931
den mother1936
Queen's Guide1946
Queen's Scout1952
Venture Scout1966
Beaver1975
skipper1986
1966 Times 10 June 11/1 The Scout Association will have three main sections—cub scouts.., aged 8 to 11; scouts, aged 11 to 16; and venture scouts (replacing senior scouts and rovers), aged 16 to 20.
1978 Broadcast 27 Mar. 20/3 With many young men of 20 Venture Scouts..‘Boy’ Scout is hardly an accurate description for a large part of our membership.
1982 Scouting Sept. 582/1 This is the year the Venture Scout Section celebrates its fifteenth birthday.
1982 Scouting Sept. 582/2 (caption) Female Venture Scouts have played an important part in the Section since 1976.
Venture Scouting n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > activities of scouts or guides
scouting1908
Girl Scouting1911
Girl Guiding1918
guiding1924
scoutmastering1957
Venture Scouting1967
1967 Venture Scouting (Scout Assoc.) xv. 168 Venture Scouting is not always cheap; it isn't easy to get the right kind of gear.
1983 Times 23 Aug. 2/5 Venture Scouting has increased from a membership of 30,000 in 1979 to more than 36,000 this year... Girls..make up about 20 per cent of overall numbers.

Draft additions 1993

venture capitalism n. the system or practice of business investment based on venture capital.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > provision of capital
financing1865
bankrolling1935
injection1968
venture capitalism1969
1969 Innovation iv. 46/2 Here, venture capitalism reveals that scientists are human beings, too.
1976 Business Week 12 Jan. 54/2 The London cousins call it ‘a shop window for our venture capitalism’.
1984 W. Garner Rats' Alley viii. 146 A shoeshine boy had been working the crowd near their table... ‘This is venture capitalism, Warren. Be supportive.’

Draft additions March 2003

venture capital trust n. (also with capital initials) Finance (originally and chiefly British) a managed fund designed to provide capital finance to new business ventures by offering tax advantages to investors.
ΚΠ
1984 Financial Times 21 Feb. (Survey) p. ix/4 Venture capital trusts are still insignificant in size in relation to the exempt fund industry.
1999 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 24 Feb. If you're thinking that a Venture Capital Trust might be a worthwhile investment, you should get in touch with an Independent Financial Adviser to find out more.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

venturev.

Brit. /ˈvɛntjʊə/, /ˈvɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)ʃər/
Forms: α. Middle English–1600s venter (1500s ventre). β. 1500s ventur (Scottish ventour), 1500s– venture.
Etymology: Aphetic < aventure adventure v. Compare venture n.
I. Senses relating to risking loss.
1.
a. transitive. To risk the loss of (something); to expose to the chance of loss or injury, esp. in the hope of obtaining some advantage or gain; to hazard, risk, or stake.Frequently const. with prepositions, as for, in, on, or upon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk
to put in adventurec1300
jeopardc1374
wage?a1400
adventurec1400
jeopardy1447
enhazard1562
hazard1569
venture1575
impawn1613
hazardize?a1616
to put in or to a (or the) venture1638
risk1660
compromise1696
commit1738
compromit1787
to lay (or put) it on the line1968
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > risk (money) in hope of gain
venture1781
speculate1907
α.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 109 Alle ys for your love, madame, my lyfe wold I venter, So that ye wylle graunt me, I have desyryd many a wyntter.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclx Som of the religion & league of the Protestauntes..wil venter their liues, & spend their blud in this war.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 101 And prince of Wales, so dare we venture thee, Albeit, considerations infinite Do make against it. View more context for this quotation
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 1992 There many thousands are Of Townes and Cities..Who would conceive it were unjustly done, That he should venter all their wealth in One.
1645 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 306 Hee that venters his life for the libertye of his countrie [etc.].
1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration 245 We are perswaded to venture our Eternal Happiness on that Belief.
β. 1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 77 He..lyke a venturer..Determined for to venture me and all his worldly pelfe.1580 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 75 (note) A girdle ventured by Brothers of the Company in the Lottery.1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. i. 1 Many of his Majesties faithfull Subjects haue beene imboldned to venture persons, states, and indeavours.1665 S. Pepys Diary 27 Dec. (1972) VI. 340 I will not venture my family by encreasing it before it be safe.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 129 It is a very wrong, and irrational way of proceeding, to venture a greater Good and Evil, for a less.1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 486 Mamaea, who durst not venture her son thro her overmuch Fondness.1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 114 Pope was seized with the universal passion, and ventured some of his money.1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 110 Few people chose to venture a hundred guineas upon the turn of a straw.c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 34 His whole fortune is ventured in an expedition over which he has no control.1894 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche (rev. ed.) xix. 23 What hour the happy bride Ventures for love her maiden innocence.
b. Const. to with infinitive.
ΚΠ
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Oij v I rather would to shield mine honour, & preuent his shame,..so venter life & limme.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxxxvi. 122 Many men rashly will venter their credite, yea and sometime their liues too, to steale Venison.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 76 As D. Junius Brutus ventured his [life], to free Rome of Tarquin.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 4 Apr. (1974) VIII. 149 Himself and three more would venture their Carcasses upon it to pay all the King's debts in three year.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Rico O rico, o pinjado, Either rich, or hang'd, when a Man ventures his Neck to get Wealth.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. ii. 17 The Commodore did not care to venture the ships long boats to fetch the water off.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 59 To further this end, many leading personages in France avowed..their determination to venture their lives and their fortunes.
c. In proverbial use, esp. in the phrase nought (also nothing) venture, nought (or nothing) have.
ΚΠ
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E Noght venter noght haue.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mvjv Nought venter nought haue, is a saying of old.
1604 Wit of Woman sig. C4v And she that will not venter her egges, shall neuer haue Chickens.
1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden iii. ii Who ever caught any thing with a naked hook? Nothing venture, nothing win.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 166 I am, however, generally for trying, ‘Nothing venture, nothing have’.
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 186 ‘Nothing venture, nothing have,’ Betty replied saucily.
†d. to venture a joint: to take some risk. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks
dicec1440
to put one's finger in the fire1546
hazardc1550
venture1560
to jeopard a joint1563
to venture a joint1570
to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621
danger1672
risk1767
gamble1802
to ride a tiger1902
to stick (also put) one's neck out1926
to lead with one's chin1949
to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 To trust without hede is to venter a ioynt.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 20 The poore woman..promised to venter a ioynt, but shee would further him.
2. reflexive. To risk (oneself); to dare to go. Now archaic.Const. with prepositions, as in, on, upon, with, or adverbs of place, as abroad, thither.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > expose oneself to danger [verb (reflexive)]
submit?1473
to run (also push, cast oneself, etc.) upon the pikes?1556
venture1572
commit1782
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxviii. 80 For better it is to fecht it,..With speir men and weir men, and ventour our sellis.
1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. iv. sig. Eiijv Lo, thus her selfe she ventred, And streight her streets we entred.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 21 Yet so venture thyselfe as a forlorne wretch upon the Lord.
1676 Doctr. of Devils 92 For who being of the Demonologists opinion..will..so much as venture himself in a sound Boat?
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 518 We were advis'd, by our Merchants, by no means to venture our selves in the Duke of Bavaria's Country.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 108 When I was to Cross this River at Boad, I durst not venture myself on the Flotes.
1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 153 One so..delicate in her constitution, that she dares not venture herself abroad in the open air.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i Dare you venture yourself alone with me?
1825 W. Scott Talisman x, in Tales Crusaders IV. 206 Was it not through thy conversation..that I ventured me thither in disguise.
3.
a. To take the risk of sending, or causing to go, where loss or detriment is possible. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of > risk sending or causing to go
venture1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 192 Others like Marchants venture trade abroad.
1611 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 552 I have thought good to venture these with ye Frenche poste by ye way of Lyons.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 82 The streame..he found so exceeding swift, that it was like to be dangerous to venture our horses ouer.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 173 No body would venture their Goods into Mingrelia.
1707 Dobson in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (O.H.S.) II. 83 I can't think any Gentlemen will venture their Sons here.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 379 Which induces me to venture this Letter to your House at London.
1734 in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 77 As I would not venture my character abroad in the world without the advice of those who have succeeded in it.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 520 Like something precious ventur'd far from shore, 'Tis valued for the danger's sake the more.
1814 W. Scott Diary 19 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vi. 211 Our own log-boat being too heavy and far too valuable to be ventured upon this Cocytus.
b. To risk entrusting (a thing) with a person, or letting go out of one's hands.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > part with or let go > risk letting go
venturea1625
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of > risk entrusting (a thing) to another
venturea1625
a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbb2/1 Now could I willingly..Venture my body with thee.
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §329 But yet..I must venture you all with God, though it goeth to the quick to leave you.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 46 I apprehended they might be lost or spoiled if I ventured them out of my Possession.
II. Senses relating to risking danger.
4.
a. To run or take the risk of (something dangerous or harmful); to brave the dangers of (ice, water, etc.).Passing into sense 5, and now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of
undergoc1315
venture1548
hazard1550
to venture on (also upon1557
run1592
dare1604
endanger?1611
risk1673
to run the venture of1723
court1930
to go nap on1959
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Coeo Societatem periculi coire, to venture the..daunger of a thing with an other.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 I was determind fully, too ventur al hazards, Al Troy too trauerse, too suffer danger al hapning.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 156 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Such as would not venter the water, were slaine by the English.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 76 Who would not make her husband a Cuckole, to make him a Monarch? I should venture purgatory for it. View more context for this quotation
1675 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 120 That they had rather venter hanging than starving.
1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 38 They were unwilling to venture the disorders that might have happened to their Army.
1741 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 3 Eighty-one of them ventured his resentment.
a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xviii. 213 They could hardly believe his relation that I threw him into the water, and ventured my own drowning to procure his.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xl. 362 The temptations of the flesh were too much for me: I ventured the ice.
b. To risk allowing (a person) to do something.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do > with possible risk
venture1711
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of > risk allowing (a person) to do a thing
venture1711
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶8 A Man would be well enough pleased to buy Silks of one, whom he would not venture to feel his Pulse.
c. To risk trusting or confiding in (a person).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > have confidence in, trust [verb (transitive)] > involving risk
venture1781
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i Well, this once I'll venture you. But if you disparage me ——.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 92 His Sepoys deserted for want of pay, and he durst not venture them in sallies.
5.
a. To dare, or have the courage, to attempt or undertake (some action); to risk the issue or result of; to venture upon (see sense 9b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > something risky
afondc1300
assailc1300
adventurea1387
to venture on (also upon1557
venture1559
venture1598
peril1849
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > dare to do [verb]
darec1000
assurec1385
venture1598
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. xv. 54 Catualda..ventured a reuenge.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 5 The Wall is high, and yet will I leape downe... I am afraide, and yet Ile venture it. View more context for this quotation
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. viii. 62 O Conner did undertake that the Connaught men should not..take our parts, being the only encouragement of the English, to venter this Enterprize.
1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) Pref. sig. A3 It shall be ventur'd yet, and the truth not smother'd, but sent abroad.
1742 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) III. xi. 230 For we neither think it safe to venture a battel, nor [etc.].
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 257 It hunts about to find out the web of another spider,..with whom it ventures a battle.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xi. 208 Miss Bertram accompanied her friend..without venturing a second glance at the object of her terror.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 71 The garrison did not wait to make closer acquaintance with men who would venture such an enterprise.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 384 No more opposition was ventured by the Greek cities.
b. To dare to give, put forth, or express (an opinion, statement, etc.); to make or utter tentatively, or with some degree of presumption.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > carefully or with restraint
drib1533
mincea1616
venture1638
offer1881
the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > conjecture, guess [verb (transitive)] > venture
venture1638
hazard1758
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > dare to do [verb] > dare to say
dare saya1375
venture1638
adventure1802
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 101 A prudence that is so..scrupulous, that feares to venture a word for a vertuous friend.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xxvi. 277 I..ventured a sly joke at the good effects of matrimony.
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 64 Those who had not the shadow of a ground for venturing any statement at all.
1906 M. Bowen Viper of Milan viii ‘They say in Milan Lady Valentine is to marry the Duke of Orleans,’ Tomaso ventured presently.
†c. With abroad: To risk publishing (an article, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] > risk publishing
venture1674
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. Pref. 3 The Philosophical papers I have hitherto ventured abroad.
1709 H. Chandler Effort against Biggotry (ed. 2) Ded. sig. A 2v When I first ventur'd it abroad in the World, I expected the Fate that usually attends such as attempt to part a Fray, even to be box'd on both Ears.
III. Senses relating to taking a risk.
6. intransitive. To risk oneself; to brave the risks or chances of a journey, voyage, etc.; to dare to go or proceed. Const. with prepositions and adverbs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself
jeopard1430
venture1534
1534 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 292 Your marchantes..venteryng to Iseland for Fysshe.
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Ciiiv If thou venter into straunge landes, And brynge home thinges profitable.
1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine xxii For love to ayde her, venter in would I.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. 66 Into the great vast deep to venter out.
1676 Doctr. of Devils 92 For who being of the Demonologists Opinion..will dare to venture to either of the Indies.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 111 The first men who left the Sea-coasts, and ventured out into the deep.
1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 328 I thought not of venturing near this spot till dark.
1823 F. Clissold Narr. Ascent Mont Blanc 21 It being half past six, it was considered too late now to venture to the summit.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 239 Venturing on, she came at last to a great hall.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 46 With a good stock of fresh meat..I can venture away from the vessel to draw supplies from the Esquimaux.
figurative.1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iv. 133 Olde Monkes were vsed heretofore to be but Coasters,..further then the Contemplation of Heauen..guided them, they did not easily venter.a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iii. i. 15 in 3 New Playes (1655) I affect A handsom Mistress..and on good terms Will venture as far i' th' fire, so she be willing To entertain me.1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. ix. 104 The archbishop had not ventured so far to be frightened at the first hard word.1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xvi She knew that in love he was the incarnation of caution, and would only venture so far as she encouraged him to come.
7.
a. To run or take risks; to incur the chance of danger, peril, loss, disapproval, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks
dicec1440
to put one's finger in the fire1546
hazardc1550
venture1560
to jeopard a joint1563
to venture a joint1570
to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621
danger1672
risk1767
gamble1802
to ride a tiger1902
to stick (also put) one's neck out1926
to lead with one's chin1949
to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxiiij And where as you may preuayle more by other meanes, why wyll you venter with so great daunger?
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 It is the token of a high minde to venter for a Queene.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 503 Three Gentle-women were then sent forth to seeke a Knight that would venter in her defence.
1657 T. Jordan Walks Islington & Hogsdon v. ii. sig. H3 As I live here's Sir R. Lamard that broke the prison, how the devil dares he venter?
1725 I. Watts Logick ii. v. §4 Where the improbabilities of success or advantage are greater than the probabilities, it is not prudence to act or venture.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 32 You have deeply ventured; But all must do so who would greatly win.
1895 H. H. Furness in W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream (New Variorum ed.) Pref. p. xxi In emending Shakespeare's text..those who know the most, venture the least.
b. To be boldly speculative. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > engage in speculation [verb (intransitive)]
dreama1538
venture1559
speculatea1677
problemize1844
ideologize1846
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. E4 It is a wonder, that men vnskilled in the diuersities of times, and historis, dare thus ventre in so great matters.
c. To take part in, invest in, a financial venture or speculation. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > risk money in hope of gain
venturec1620
co-adventure1642
speculate1785
higgle1866
c1620 in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. (1915) 20 The Lottery shall be presently removed..with speciall care of the Governors that the poor be not suffered to venture.
8.
a. With infinitive: to dare, presume, go so far as, be so bold as (to do something).Common from c1610; in later use frequently in weakened sense (cf. 8b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > something risky
afondc1300
assailc1300
adventurea1387
to venture on (also upon1557
venture1559
venture1598
peril1849
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > dare, venture, or presume [verb (intransitive)]
venture1559
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. E4 A Quene in Illiria, who durst venture to withstand the Romains.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Dv The holie Patriarche..neuer venturde to alienate the possessions of Idolatrous Priestes.
1609 W. Rowley Search for Money (1842) 11 Biskets, which..nere a souldier there durst venter to breake.
1656 A. Cowley New Year in Pindaric Odes iv Upon the Brink..We should stand shivering, and but slowly venter The Fatal Flood to enter.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xviii. 173 Instead of stretching the severity of Justice..we may rather venter to stretch the Mercy of God.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 78 He would at any Time venture to send his Two Sons into the Mountains.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 5 Why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass, paper, and painters colours?
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lv. 71 Archias..did not even venture to cross over to the Arabian side of the Persian Gulph.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 617 Thirty times the fugitives ventured to look through the outer hedge: but everywhere they found a sentinel on the alert.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues viii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 56 Over thy shoulders fling them, nor venture behind thee to look!
b. Used with reference to the expression of opinions, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > venture (an opinion, etc.)
hazard?1601
venture1610
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > dare, venture, or presume [verb (intransitive)] > specific to express opinion
venture1610
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 354 Some of these..were by a new English Saxons name called Wiccij: but whereupon, I dare scarse venture to guesse.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xviii. 134 I should not undertake to answer so difficult a question, and should venter to say no more.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 95 I humbly venture to say, all these things may be done.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature IV. iii. 203 If you observe those people who pretend to be fullest of doubts you will find them most fond of that positive phrase, I will venture to say.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 297 I now ventured to pronounce, that what I took for a bilious fever was in reality the influenza.
1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 98 The view which I would venture to suggest is, that such vibrations are themselves electricity or magnetism.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 244 The sound of the voice which reaches and educates the soul, we have ventured to term music.
9. to venture on (also upon):
†a. To make trial of (a person or animal); to dare to advance upon, approach, or attack. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > approach and speak to
to venture on (also uponc1528
boarda1547
accost1567
affront1598
to make way1609
aboard1611
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of animal)
to venture on (also uponc1528
bait1570
to go at ——1675
tack1720
to go for ——1838
sick1845
aggress1882
c1528 Everyman (1961) 484 Yet wyll I venter on her now. My Good Dedes, where beyou?
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eij Being irefull, on the lyon he [sc. the boar] will venter [rhyme enter] . View more context for this quotation
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 193 The sly Rhinocerot: Who..doth venter Vpon his Foe.
1631 A. Wilson Swisser ii. iii I'le venture on the Beauty. (He kisses her.)
b. To attempt or undertake (something of a dangerous or difficult nature) without assurance of success; to accept or take the risk of (an action, course, or proceeding); to dare to do, make, or take (something), realizing that a risk is being run. †Also with of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > something risky
adventurea1375
assaya1400
to venture on1557
to make dangera1625
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > something risky
afondc1300
assailc1300
adventurea1387
to venture on (also upon1557
venture1559
venture1598
peril1849
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of
undergoc1315
venture1548
hazard1550
to venture on (also upon1557
run1592
dare1604
endanger?1611
risk1673
to run the venture of1723
court1930
to go nap on1959
1557 Cheke Let. to Hoby in Hoby Courtyer (1561) Z z v If the old denisoned wordes could..ease this neede we wold not boldly venture of vnknowen wordes.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxxij There is no daunger so great, that they wyl refuse to venter vpon for his preseruation.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. ii, in Wks. I. 534 Can he endure no noise, and will venter on a wife? View more context for this quotation
1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 7 To venter upon such another voyage as Noah's.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶1 They never venture upon the Fruit of any Tree,..unless they observe that it is marked with the Pecking of Birds.
1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 123 I venture on it out of what I conceive to be charity, greater still!
1781 W. Cowper Charity 6 A task I venture on, impell'd by thee.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. 296 Not only could they have no semblance of a public meeting, but they could not even venture upon the slightest approach to..lesser gatherings.
1876 ‘L. Carroll’ Hunting of Snark ii. xviii The third is his slowness in taking a jest, Should you happen to venture on one.
10. to venture at: to make a venture or attempt at; to guess at.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)]
fandOE
assayc1300
tryc1315
provec1330
adventurea1387
sayc1390
paina1400
havec1400
practisea1450
afforcec1487
afond1488
attempta1538
procure1574
endeavour1581
offer1611
poacha1616
attent1620
to venture at1623
essay1641
attentate1656
smacka1657
tempt1697
to try at1794
to have a go1802
to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833
tackle1847
to have or take a whack at1891
to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895
to have a dash (at)1916
the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)]
divine1362
supposea1393
conjecta1425
guessc1535
rove1551
level1580
conjecture1587
to harp at1611
to venture at1623
to make a shot1840
reach1952
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 156 [It is] held for certaine The King will venture at it. View more context for this quotation
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. §17 To view the asperities of the Moon through a Dioptrick-Glass and venture at the Proportion of her Hills by their shadows.
1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 85 Wee might likewise venture at a better account.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 158 They cannot venture at that sort of tillage.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Mankind will venture at anything.
1823 J. Simpson Ricardo the Outlaw I. 24 She debated for a few minutes, which door she should venture at.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 508 The only time he..ventures at a reason for what he says.

Derivatives

ˈventured adj.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective] > that has been undertaken
enterprised1560
undertaken1594
ventured1623
the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > attempted
attempteda1513
ventured1623
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of risk > risked
adventured1552
ventured1623
1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine ii. i. sig. E3v Is this..The faire returne of both our ventur'd fauours?
c1625 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plant. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. III. 201 The catle were ye best goods, for ye other, being ventured ware, were neither at ye best,..nor at ye best prises.
1892 J. B. Mayor Ep. James Author p. xxiv His mother..did nevertheless..draw upon herself his reproof for ventured interference.
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