单词 | to venture at |
释义 | > as lemmasto venture at 10. to venture at: to make a venture or attempt at; to guess at. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] divine1362 supposea1393 conjecta1425 guessc1535 rove1551 level1580 conjecture1587 to harp at1611 to venture at1623 to make a shot1840 reach1952 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 156 [It is] held for certaine The King will venture at it. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. §17 To view the asperities of the Moon through a Dioptrick-Glass and venture at the Proportion of her Hills by their shadows. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 85 Wee might likewise venture at a better account. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 158 They cannot venture at that sort of tillage. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Mankind will venture at anything. 1823 J. Simpson Ricardo the Outlaw I. 24 She debated for a few minutes, which door she should venture at. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 508 The only time he..ventures at a reason for what he says. < as lemmas |
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