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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
     aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
     1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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              He would not adventure himself into the theater.
                                                    --Acts xix.
                                                    31.
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     2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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              Yet they adventured to go back.       --Bunyan,
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              Discriminations might be adventured.  --J. Taylor.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
     aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
     1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
  
              He would not adventure himself into the theater.
                                                    --Acts xix.
                                                    31.
  
     2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
  
              Yet they adventured to go back.       --Bunyan,
  
              Discriminations might be adventured.  --J. Taylor.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     n.
     adventure
     vb.
     (present participle of en adventure nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     n.
     adventure
     vb.
     (present participle of en adventure nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     n.
     adventure
     vb.
     (present participle of en adventure nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     n.
     adventure
     vb.
     (present participle of en adventure nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a dventur ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  adventuring
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en adventure ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb adventure)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Adventuring /ɐdvˈɛntʃəɹɪŋ/
  المغامرة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  adventuring /ɐdvˈɛntʃəɹɪŋ/ 
  hledání dobrodružství

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