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To risk; to venture confidently. [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. Milton.

To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

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. I, in this venture, double gains pursue. Dryden.

Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.

Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.

To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. "Too weak to wage an instant trial with the king." Shak. To wake and wage a danger profitless. Shak.

arty insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties. Bouvier.

Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." Spenser.

Eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] "Her song . . . loud and yern." Chaucer.

Eagerly; briskly; quickly. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. My hands and my tongue go so yerne. Chaucer.