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venturing
(encz) | venturing,cestování do nebezpečí Zdeněk Brož |
Venturing
(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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adventuring
(encz) | adventuring,hledání dobrodružství n: Zdeněk Brož |
venturing
(encz) | venturing,cestování do nebezpečí Zdeněk Brož |
venturings
(encz) | venturings,cesty do nebezpečí Zdeněk Brož |
Adventuring
(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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