A hazard; an undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which cannot be foreseen with tolerable certainty. I, in this venture, double gains pursue.

Chance; hap; contingency; luck; an event that is not or cannot be foreseen.

The thing put to hazard; particularly, something sent to sea in trade. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; or without foreseeing the issue. A bargain at a venture made. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 7 Kings 22:34.

To dare; to have courage or presumption to do, undertake or say. A man ventures to mount a ladder; he ventures into battle; he ventures to assert things which he does not know.

Torun a hazard or risk. Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. To venture at, To venture on or upon, To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. It is rash to venture upon such a project. And when I venture at the comic style.

To expose to hazard; to risk; as, to venture one’s person in a balloon.

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