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adventure(1)(dictionary)
adventure(2)(dictionary)
ADVENTURE, mer(law)
adventure(dictionary)
BILL OF ADVENTURE, com(law)
ADVENTURE, crim(law)
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GROSS ADVENTURE(law)
Adventure travel(tourism)

adventure(1) (iou)



adventure noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French aventure ult. from Latin adventurus future pple of advenire: see ADVENT, -URE. For spelling adv- see AD- 2.]
Chance, fortune, luck. ME-E18.
Dryden She..wished me fair adventure.
A chance occurrence, an accident. ME-E18.
Swift An hope, that this adventure might..help to deliver me.
Chance of danger or loss; risk, jeopardy. arch. exc. Maritime Insurance. ME.
Hazardous activity. ME.
V. Woolf He, bound for adventure; she, moored to the shore.
A hazardous enterprise or performance. ME.
Joyce Friend Sinbad and his horrifying adventures.
b. An unexpected or exciting incident. L16.
C. Bront? To walk alone in London seemed of itself an adventure.
c. An instance of adventurism in foreign policy. M20.
A hazard, a venture, an experiment. LME-L18.
at adventure(s) at hazard, recklessly. at all adventure(s) at any risk; at all events.
Shakespeare King John To try the fair adventure of to-morrow.
A pecuniary venture, a commercial speculation. L15.
joint adventure: see JOINT adjective.
Bacon He that puts all vpon Aduentures, doth often times brake, and come to Pouerty.
Comb.: adventure playground: with apparatus for children to climb on and functional materials for building with etc.
adventuresome adjective given to running risks; adventurous: E17.