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English Dictionary: Ventured by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
            chances.
  
                     Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
                                                                              Dryden, Jr.
  
      {To venture at}, [or] {To venture on} [or] {upon}, to dare to
            engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success;
            as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. [bd]When I
            venture at the comic style.[b8] --Waller.
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