AVENTURE

Meaning of AVENTURE in English

(n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

AVENTURE — archaic variant of adventure
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVENTURE — (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.
Английский словарь Webster
AVENTURE — ( n. ) Accident; chance; adventure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVENTURE — ( n. ) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVENTURE — noun accident; chance; adventure. 2. aventure ·noun a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling …
Webster English vocab
PERADVENTURE — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English par aventure, from Anglo-French, by chance Date: 14th century perhaps , possibly , II. noun …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENTURE — I. ˈvenchə(r) verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English venteren, by shortening & alteration from aventuren to venture — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERADVENTURE — I. |pər., |per+ adverb Etymology: Middle English per aventure, from Old French per aventure, par aventure, from per, par by …
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AVENTURINE — I. əˈvenchəˌrēn, -_rə̇n noun also avan·tu·rine əˈvän- ( -s ) Etymology: French aventurine, from aventure chance; from its chance discovery …
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ADVENTURE — I. ədˈvenchə(r) also ad- noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin ad- ) of Middle English aventure, from …
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MISADVENTURE — “+ noun Etymology: Middle English mesaventure, mesadventure, misaventure, from Old French mesaventure, from mesavenir to chance badly, happen badly (from …
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DISADVENTURE — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by ad- ) of Middle English disaventure, from Middle French desaventure, from Old French, from des- …
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ANAUNTERS — əˈnantə(r)z conjunction Etymology: Middle English anaunter (from an — from Old English, variant of on — + aunter, variant of …
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ADVENTUROUS — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ch(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin ad- ) of Middle English aventurous, from Middle French aventureos, from aventure adventure …
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AVENTURINE — (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) …
Английский словарь Webster
AVENTURINE — ( n. ) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENTURE — — venturer , n. /ven"cheuhr/ , n. , v. , ventured, venturing , adj. n. 1. an undertaking involving uncertainty …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERADVENTURE — /perr'euhd ven"cheuhr, per'-/ , n. 1. chance, doubt, or uncertainty. 2. surmise. adv. 3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; …
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MISHANTER — /mi shan"teuhr/ , n. Scot. and North Eng. a misfortune; mishap. Also, mischanter . [ 1745-55; var. of misaunter, equiv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AVENTURINE — /euh ven"cheuh reen', -rin/ , n. 1. an opaque, brown glass containing fine, gold-colored particles. 2. any of several varieties …
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ADVENTURE — — adventureful , adj. /ad ven"cheuhr/ , n. , v. , adventured, adventuring . n. 1. an exciting or very …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENTURE — I. ˈven(t)-shər verb ( ven·tured ; ven·tur·ing ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)riŋ) Etymology: Middle English venteren, by shortening & alteration from aventuren, from aventure …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERADVENTURE — I. ˈpər-əd-ˌven-chər, ˈper-; ˌpər-əd-ˈ, ˌper- adverb Etymology: Middle English par aventure, from Anglo-French, by chance Date: 14th century archaic : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADVENTURE — I. əd-ˈven-chər noun Etymology: Middle English aventure, chance, risk, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * adventura, from Latin adventus, past …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AVENTURINE — noun Etymology: French, from aventure chance — more at adventure Date: 1811 1. : glass containing opaque sparkling particles of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AVENTURINE — noun a variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. 2. aventurine ·noun a kind of glass, …
Webster English vocab
ADVENTURE — ■ noun 1》 an unusual, exciting, and daring experience. ↘excitement arising from such experiences: in search of ~. 2》 archaic …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VENTURE — [ven.ture] vb ven.tured ; ven.tur.ing [ME venteren, by shortening & alter. fr. aventuren, fr. aventure adventure] vt (15c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERADVENTURE — [per.ad.ven.ture] adv [ME per aventure, fr. OF, by chance] (14c) archaic: perhaps, possibly [2]peradventure n (1627) 1: doubt "a fact …
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AVENTURINE — [aven.tu.rine] n [F, fr. aventure chance--more at adventure] (1811) 1: glass containing opaque sparkling particles of foreign material usu. copper …
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