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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adventure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adventure.html. 1828.
 
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