the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Venture
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
(4):
(v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
(5):
(v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
(6):
(v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
(7):
(v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
(8):
(v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Venture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/venture.html. 1828.