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Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. Milton. -- Ven"tur*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.

zardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Unfortunate.

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.

Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

Adventurous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.

Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.

Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

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

erature of the day. Lond. Sat. Rev. To post off, to put off; to delay. [Obs.] "Why did I, venturously, post off so great a business" Baxter. -- To post over, to hurry over. [Obs.] Fuller.