Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Venture \Ven"ture\, 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.

   2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
      chances.

            Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
                                                  Dryden, Jr.

   {To venture at}, or {To venture on} or {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.