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venture
(mass) | venture
- riskovať, odvážny |
venture
(encz) | venture,hazard Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,hazardní podnik Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,odvážit se Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,odvážný [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
venture
(encz) | venture,podnik n: Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,riskovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,troufat si Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,troufnout si Zdeněk Brož |
venture
(encz) | venture,vystavit riziku v: pruduska |
Venture
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. t.
1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture
one's person in a balloon.
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I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. --Shak.
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2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a
horse to the West Indies.
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3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [R.]
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A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of
one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
--Addison.
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Venture
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
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Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, to
dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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Venture
(gcide) | Venture \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.
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I, in this venture, double gains pursue. --Dryden.
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2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an
accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. --Bacon.
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3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially,
something sent to sea in trade.
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My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.
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At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark;
without foreseeing the issue; at random.
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A certain man drew a bow at a venture. --1 Kings
xxii. 34.
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A bargain at a venture made. --Hudibras.
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Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure,
that is, at adventure.
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venture
(wn) | venture
n 1: any venturesome undertaking especially one with an
uncertain outcome
2: an investment that is very risky but could yield great
profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought
it" [syn: speculation, venture]
3: a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a
profit
v 1: proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We
ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a
supercomputer" [syn: venture, embark]
2: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I
am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again";
"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess,
venture, pretend, hazard]
3: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn:
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize] |
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misadventure
(mass) | misadventure
- nešťastie |
peradventure
(mass) | peradventure
- azda |
venture
(mass) | venture
- riskovať, odvážny |
venturer
(mass) | venturer
- podnikateľ |
venturesome
(mass) | venturesome
- odvážny |
adventure
(encz) | adventure,dobrodružství |
adventurer
(encz) | adventurer,dobrodruh |
adventurers
(encz) | adventurers,dobrodruhové adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adventures
(encz) | adventures,dobrodružství pl. Zdeněk Brož |
adventuress
(encz) | adventuress,dobrodružka n: Zdeněk Brož |
bonaventure
(encz) | Bonaventure,Bonaventure n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
joint venture
(encz) | joint venture,společný podnik Zdeněk Brož |
merchant-venturer
(encz) | merchant-venturer, n: |
misadventure
(encz) | misadventure,nehoda n: Zdeněk Brožmisadventure,neštěstí Zdeněk Brož |
nothing ventured
(encz) | nothing ventured, nothing gained, |
peradventure
(encz) | peradventure,možná adj: Zdeněk Brožperadventure,snad Zdeněk Brož |
risky venture
(encz) | risky venture, n: |
venture
(encz) | venture,hazard Zdeněk Brožventure,hazardní podnik Zdeněk Brožventure,odvážit se Zdeněk Brožventure,odvážný [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačventure,podnik n: Zdeněk Brožventure,riskovat v: Zdeněk Brožventure,troufat si Zdeněk Brožventure,troufnout si Zdeněk Brožventure,vystavit riziku v: pruduska |
venture capital
(encz) | venture capital,rizikový kapitál [fin.] |
venture capitalist
(encz) | venture capitalist,spekulant n: Dita Vladyková |
ventured
(encz) | ventured,podniknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
venturer
(encz) | venturer,podnikatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
venturers
(encz) | venturers,podnikatelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
ventures
(encz) | ventures,podniky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
venturesome
(encz) | venturesome,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
venturesomely
(encz) | venturesomely,odvážně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
venturesomeness
(encz) | venturesomeness,odvážnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
bonaventure
(czen) | Bonaventure,Bonaventuren: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
joint venture
(czen) | joint venture,JV Zdeněk Brož |
A bill of adventure
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"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.]
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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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Adventure
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"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.]
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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.
[1913 Webster]Adventure \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.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
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I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak.
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Adventured
(gcide) | Adventure \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.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
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Adventureful
(gcide) | Adventureful \Ad*ven"ture*ful\, a.
Given to adventure.
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Adventurer
(gcide) | Adventurer \Ad*ven"tur*er\, n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]
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1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who
seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous
enterprises.
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2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
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Adventuresome
(gcide) | Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
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Adventuresomeness
(gcide) | Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
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Adventuress
(gcide) | Adventuress \Ad*ven"tur*ess\, n.
A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by
equivocal means.
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At a venture
(gcide) | Venture \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.
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I, in this venture, double gains pursue. --Dryden.
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2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an
accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. --Bacon.
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3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially,
something sent to sea in trade.
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My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.
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At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark;
without foreseeing the issue; at random.
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A certain man drew a bow at a venture. --1 Kings
xxii. 34.
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A bargain at a venture made. --Hudibras.
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Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure,
that is, at adventure.
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Aventure
(gcide) | Aventure \A*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [See Adventure, n.]
1. Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Old Law) A mischance causing a person's death without
felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
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Bill of adventure
(gcide) | Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. Bull papal edict, Billet a
paper.]
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1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
fault committed by some person against a law.
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2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
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Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
note of hand, or a promissory note.
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3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
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She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
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5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
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6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
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Bill of adventure. See under Adventure.
Bill of costs, a statement of the items which form the
total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
Bill of credit.
(a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
shall "emit bills of credit." --U. S. Const. --Peters.
--Wharton. --Bouvier
(b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
the bearer for goods or money.
Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
Bill of entry, a written account of goods entered at the
customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
Bill of exceptions. See under Exception.
Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from
one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
a draft. See Exchange. --Chitty.
Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the
dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities
as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
of her leaving port.
Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented
to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A
true bill," otherwise they write upon it "Not a true
bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored."
Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any
person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of
deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
place within the bills of mortality of London.
Bill of pains and penalties, a special act of a legislature
which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
--Bouvier. --Wharton.
Bill of parcels, an account given by the seller to the
buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
each.
Bill of particulars (Law), a detailed statement of the
items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
defendant's set-off.
Bill of rights, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
several States.
Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
transfer of goods and chattels.
Bill of sight, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
full information, may be provisionally landed for
examination.
Bill of store, a license granted at the customhouse to
merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
Bills payable (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
A true bill, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
jury.
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Coadventure
(gcide) | Coadventure \Co`ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To share in a venture. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]Coadventure \Co`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n.
An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
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Coadventurer
(gcide) | Coadventurer \Co`ad*ven"tur*er\, n.
A fellow adventurer.
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Disadventure
(gcide) | Disadventure \Dis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
adventure: cf. OF. desaventure.]
Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Disaventure
(gcide) | Disaventure \Dis`a*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [See Disadventure,
Adventure.]
Misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Disventure
(gcide) | Disventure \Dis*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n.
A disadventure. [Obs.] --Shelton.
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Gross adventure
(gcide) | Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
[PJC]
6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
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Homicide by misadventure
(gcide) | Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F.
m['e]saventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill
adventure. --Chaucer.
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Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when
a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of
injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also
excusable homicide. See Homicide. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity.
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Misadventure
(gcide) | Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F.
m['e]saventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill
adventure. --Chaucer.
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Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when
a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of
injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also
excusable homicide. See Homicide. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity.
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Misadventured
(gcide) | Misadventured \Mis`ad*ven"tured\, a.
Unfortunate. [Obs.]
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Misaventure
(gcide) | Misaventure \Mis`a*ven"ture\, n.
Misadventure. [Obs.]
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Paraventure
(gcide) | Paraventure \Par`a*ven"ture\, adv. [Par + aventure.]
Peradventure; perchance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Peradventure
(gcide) | Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure,
F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If
peradventure he speak against me." --Shak.
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
--Gen. xviii.
24.
[1913 Webster]Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
[1913 Webster]May \May\ (m[=a]), v. [imp. Might (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. maeg
I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G.
m["o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ.
moche. [root]103. Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The
old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by
expressing:
(a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
expressed by can.
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How may a man, said he, with idle speech,
Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
--Spenser.
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For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what
he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
--Bacon.
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
--Whittier.
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(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
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Thou mayst be no longer steward. --Luke xvi. 2.
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(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
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Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope.
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(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a
question or remark.
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How old may Phillis be, you ask. --Prior.
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(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction,
and the like. "May you live happily." --Dryden.
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May be, & It may be, are used as equivalent to
possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance,
peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
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peradventure
(gcide) | Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure,
F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If
peradventure he speak against me." --Shak.
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
--Gen. xviii.
24.
[1913 Webster]Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
[1913 Webster]May \May\ (m[=a]), v. [imp. Might (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. maeg
I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G.
m["o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ.
moche. [root]103. Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The
old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by
expressing:
(a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
expressed by can.
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How may a man, said he, with idle speech,
Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
--Spenser.
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For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what
he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
--Bacon.
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
--Whittier.
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(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
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Thou mayst be no longer steward. --Luke xvi. 2.
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(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
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Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope.
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(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a
question or remark.
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How old may Phillis be, you ask. --Prior.
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(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction,
and the like. "May you live happily." --Dryden.
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May be, & It may be, are used as equivalent to
possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance,
peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
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To venture at
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
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Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, to
dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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To venture on
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
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Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, to
dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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To venture upon
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
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Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, to
dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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Ventured
(gcide) | Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Venturing.]
1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
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Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, to
dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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Venturer
(gcide) | Venturer \Ven"tur*er\, n.
1. One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.
--Beau. & Fl.
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2. A strumpet; a prostitute. [R.] --J. Webster (1607).
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Venturesome
(gcide) | Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a.
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger;
venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy
or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness,
n.
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Venturesomely
(gcide) | Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a.
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger;
venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy
or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness,
n.
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Venturesomeness
(gcide) | Venturesome \Ven"ture*some\, a.
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger;
venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy
or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness,
n.
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adventure
(wn) | adventure
n 1: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
[syn: adventure, escapade, risky venture, {dangerous
undertaking}]
v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you
buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble,
chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure,
run a risk, take a chance]
2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn:
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize] |
adventure story
(wn) | adventure story
n 1: a story of an adventure [syn: adventure story, {heroic
tale}] |
adventurer
(wn) | adventurer
n 1: a person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer,
venturer]
2: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for
some scientific purpose) [syn: explorer, adventurer] |
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