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Definition of Aventre
1. v. t. To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.
Definition of Aventre
1. Verb. (obsolete) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aventre
1. to thrust [v AVENTRED, AVENTRING, AVENTRES] - See also: thrust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aventre
Literary usage of Aventre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... upon the «aid News tobe thereby Lost, but also they dare not nowe aventre
fyve, foure, or thre for a hundred. Howbeit, Sir, 1 do not Lytel ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"... aventre. To throw a spear. (Ital) Spenser uses the word, and Nares thought it
was peculiar to that writer. ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"... such money as they have hitherto layde upon the said news to be 'hereby lost,
but also they dare not nowe aventre fyve four or thre for a hundred. ..."
4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall (1821)
"... towards the development of its resources. We must calculate on tempests, but
we must not be frightened. Du moindre veut qui d'aventre Vient rider la ..."
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