单词 | adventured |
释义 | adventuredadj. That has been adventured (in various senses); risked, staked, ventured; (also) gained at risk.rare between the 16th and 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of risk > risked adventured1552 ventured1623 1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 38 Better is a doubtful ware hope, then a certeine auentured death. 1556 R. Tottel in Magna Carta Pref. sig. *iiv I must nedes think my certain trauail..[and] aduentured expenses..to be wel employed for ye behoufe of such men. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. 19 A fit Similitude of this adventured experience. 1850 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 13 29/1 He sold about half, so as to replace, in part at least, his adventured capital. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. v. 321 He will suffer an adventured portion of his force to go on to its fate. 1905 R. G. Thwaites in J. O. Pattie Personal Narr. Kentucky Pref. 9 Behind the prospect of profit..loomed the possibility of a gruesome Spanish prison, and confiscation of the adventured goods. 2009 D. Whyte Three Marriages xi. 260 The foundations may be in the adventured conversation itself, wherever the couple or the family find themselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1552 |
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