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Definition of Aventred
1. aventre [v] - See also: aventre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aventred
Literary usage of Aventred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"The phrase ' they aventred their speres' occurs in King Arthur (ed. Copland);
see NED. Can this word be an error for ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"... lowered, 5 1z Avaunt, boast, 5 9 aventred, couched, 2 18, 4 18 A vised, be
advised, take thought, 9 10 Avision, vision, 21 11 Avoid, quit, 931 Avoided, ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"And when Sir Gawaine saw that, he dressed his shield, and they aventred their
spears, and they came together with all the might of their horses, ..."
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