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.
An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
To hazard one’s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one’s person in a balloon.
To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
