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Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak. In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.

Perhaps; peradventure. [Prov. or Dialectic]

Misadventure; ill-success. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misadventure. [Obs.]

An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.

ver; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc. The English did adventure far for to open the North parts of America. Abp. Abbot.

Emulation; rivalry; competition. [Obs.] Full many feats adventurous Performed, in paragon of proudest men. Spenser.

Peradventure. See Paraventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Peradventure; perchance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

on of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure. Kent. Story.

By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be. And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. Acts viii. 22.

o injury, loss, or destruction. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. 2 Cor. xi. 26. Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak.

ich the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. [R.] The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained. Gibbon.

h; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc. Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. Spenser. Cease your quest of love. Shak. There ended was his quest, there ceased his care. Milton.

An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus.

A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. Addison.

nge the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.