Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Venture (3)

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...

704

Venturer

Ven″tur‐er (?), n. 1. One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer. Beau. & Fl.2. A strumpet; a prostitute. J. Webster (1607).

705

Venturesome

Ven″ture‐some (?), a. 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″tur...

706

Venturine

Ven″tur‐ine (?), n. [Cf. Aventurine.] (Japanning) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.

707

Venturous

Ven″tur‐ous (?), a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See Adventurous, Venture, n.] Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adventurous; as, a venturous soldier. Spenser.This...

708

Ventuse

Ven″tuse (?), v. t. & i. See Ventouse.

709

Venue

Ven″ue (vĕn″ū̍), n. [F. venue a coming, arrival, fr. venir to come, L. venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See Come, and cf. Venew, Veney...

710

Venule

Ven″ule (–ū̍l), n. [L. venula, dim. from vena vein.] A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

711

Venulose

Ven″u‐lose′ (?), a. Full of venules, or small veins.

712

Venus

Ve″nus (vē″nŭs), n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.2. (Astron.) One ...

713

Venust

Ve‐nust″ (vē̍‐nŭst″), a. [L. venustus, from Venus the goddess of love.] Beautiful. E. Waterhouse.

714

Veracious

Ve‐ra″cious (?), a. [L. verax, -acis, fr. verus true. See Very.] 1. Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.The Spirit is most perfectly...

715

Veraciously

Ve‐ra″cious‐ly, adv. In a veracious manner.

716

Veracity

Ve‐rac″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. véracité.] The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.

717

Veranda

Ve‐ran″da (?), n. [A word brought by the English from India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. varaṇḍa, Pg. varanda, Sp. baranda, Malay baranda.] (Arch.) An open, roofed gallery or ...

718

Veratralbine

Ver′a‐tral″bine (?), n.(Chem.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.

719

Veratrate

Ve‐ra″trate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of veratric acid.

720

Veratria

‖Ve‐ra″tri‐a (?), n.(Chem.) Veratrine.

721

Veratric

Ve‐ra″tric (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.Veratric acid(Chem.), an acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hel...

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Veratrina

‖Ver′a‐tri″na (?), n.(Chem.) Same as Veratrine.

723

Veratrine

Ve‐ra″trine (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. vératrine. See Veratrum.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root of hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crysta...

724

Veratrol

Ve‐ra″trol (?), n. [Veratric + ol.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.

725

Veratrum

‖Ve‐ra″trum (?), n. [L. veratrum hellebore.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.☞ Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America...

726

Verb

Verb (?), n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.] 1. A word; a vocable. South.2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of...

727

Verbal

Ver″bal (?), a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See Verb.] 1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal c...

728

Verbal (2)

Ver″bal, n.(Gram.) A noun derived from a verb.

729

Verbalism

Ver″bal‐ism (?), n. Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.