(n.) 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.
(n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an
accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
(n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially,
something sent to sea in trade.
(v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or
presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
(v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
chances.
(v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture
one's person in a balloon.
(v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a
horse to the West Indies.
(v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
