(1):
(n.) Risk; danger; peril.
(2):
(n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
(3):
(n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
(4):
(n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
(5):
(n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
(6):
(n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
(7):
(v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(8):
(n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.