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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]

scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad. Shak.

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

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

r; 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.

To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

Peradventure. See Paraventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] "A parlous boy." Shak. "A parlous wit." Dryden. -- Par"lous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [Obs.]

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.

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.

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

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence. Do not presume too much upon my love. Shak. This man presumes upon his part…

Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct. A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise. Buckminster.

o advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.

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.

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.