Dictionary entry

Venture (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ven″ture, v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. Shak.

2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. Addison.