venture

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ventured p. pr. & vb. n. Venturing. ] 1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. J. Dryden, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

To venture at, or
To venture on or
To venture upon, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. “When I venture at the comic style.” Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strumpet; a prostitute. [ R. ] J. Webster (1607). [ 1913 Webster ]