Adventure

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Risk; danger; peril.

II. Adventure ·vi To try the chance; to take the risk.

III. Adventure ·noun To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to Venture.

IV. Adventure ·noun To venture upon; to run the risk of; to Dare.

V. Adventure ·noun That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

VI. Adventure ·noun A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.

VII. Adventure ·noun A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

VIII. Adventure ·noun 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.