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Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.] He was in great adventure of his life. Berners.

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill.

arn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

ised or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.

To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton.

icate, or recommend publicly. To advocate the cause of thy client. Bp. Sanderson (1624). This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated. Burke. Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. Mitford.

atives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

Of or pertaining to Æsop, or in his manner.

free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

Action; endeavor. [Obs.] And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. Chapman.

To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.] This proud man affects imperial Dryden.

Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. Chapman.

filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.

Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.

Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson.

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. Bacon.

ivine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence.