Venture

·vt To confide in; to rely on; to Trust.

II. Venture ·vi To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

III. Venture ·vt To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

IV. Venture ·noun The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

V. Venture ·noun An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.

VI. Venture ·vi To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to Dare.

VII. Venture ·vt To expose to hazard; to Risk; to Hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

VIII. Venture ·noun 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.