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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Venture \Ven"ture\, verb (used without an object) [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 {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.
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