See Also: adventure(medicine)
adventure(1)(dictionary)
adventure(2)(dictionary)
ADVENTURE, mer(law)
adventure(dictionary)
BILL OF ADVENTURE, com(law)
ADVENTURE, crim(law)
ADVENTURE, bill of(law)
GROSS ADVENTURE(law)
Adventure travel(tourism)

disabuse (iou) and adventure (oh)


disabuse (iou)



disabuse verb & noun. E17.
[from DIS- 2 + Abuse noun.]
A. verb trans.
Rid of illusion, a mistaken conception, etc.; undeceive, disillusion. E17.
H. A. L. Fisher If Justinian expected to extend to the north African littoral a Roman peace he was soon disabused. P. Ackroyd I do not disabuse them of this charming notion.
Mar, spoil, misuse. Scot. E17.
B. noun. An act of disabusing; the fact of being disabused. E17-E18.

adventure (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: aventure, from Latin advenire 'to arrive', from ad- 'to' + venire 'to come']
an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen
::a great adventure
::Ahab's adventures at sea
::an adventure story
sense/spirit of adventure
willingness to try new things, take risks etc
::Come on - where's your sense of adventure?