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Show VE the vight, who can, without madnefs, run the wenLocke tur 2 Chance ; hap The king refolved with all fpeed to affail the rebels, and yet with that providence and furety a Bacon fhould leave little to wenture or fortune 3. The thing put to hazard; a ftake My wentures are not in one bottom trufted Shakefpeare's Merch. of Venice Nor to one place On fuch a full fea are we now a-float we muft take the current when it ferves An Shakefpeare's Fulius Cafar Or lofe our wentures Thrice happy you, that look as from the fhore Daniel And have no wentare in the wreck to fee 4. Afra VEnTure. At hazard; withou _ much confideration ; without any thin more than the hope of a lucky chance You have made but an eftimate of thofe lands a a wenture, fo as it fhould be hard to build any cer tainty of charge upon it Spenfer ‘A-bargain-at a wenture mad Between two partners in a trade Hudibras A covetous and an envious man joined in a petition to Jupiter, who ordered Apollo to tell the - that their defire thould be granted a¢ a wenture L'Efirange Here was no {campering away at a4 wenture, with- out fear or wit L'Eftrange If Ahab be defigned for death, though a foldie in the enemy's army draws a bow at a wenture, ye .the fure unerring dire@ions of providence fhal carry it in a dire& courfe to his heart South Zo VE'NTURE 1. To dare w. 7. [from the noun. A man were better rife in his fuit for he tha will not in the conclufion lofe both the fuitor an his own former favour Bacon . Origen mentioning their being caft out of Jerufalem, wentures to affure them that they woul never be re-eftablifhed, fince they had committe that horrid crime againft the Saviour of the world Addifon v the Chriftian Religion 2. To run a hazard Nor is indeed that man le(s mad than thefe Who freights a fhip to wenture on the feas ‘With one frail interpofing plank to fav From certain death, roll'd on by ev'ry wave. Dryd I1am f{o overjoy'd, I can fcarce believe I am a liberty; like a bird that has often beaten her win in vain againft her cage, dare hardly wenture out though fhe fee it open Dryden 3. 70 VE'NTURE at To engag 7o VE'NTURE oz or upon. § in; or mak attempts without any fecurity of fuccefs upon mere hope That flander is found a truth now; and held fo certain The king will wenture at it Shakefpeare It were a matter of great profit, fave that it i too conjeltural to wenture upon, if one could difcer what corn, herbs, or fruits are like to be in plent and fearcity, by fome figas in the beginning of th year Bacon I never yet the tragic ftrain eflay'd Deterr'd by that inimitable maid And when 1 wenture at the comic ttile Thy fcornful lady feems to mock my toile #Waller Though they had ideas enough to diftinguit gold from a ftone, yet they but timoroufly wenture ‘enfuch terms as aurietas and faxietas Locke Turco-Papifmus I would defire him to read, be fore he wentures at capping of charaters Arterb To VE'NTURE. 2. a 1. To expofe to hazard In my fchool-days, when I had loft one fhaft X fhot his fellow of the felf-fame flight By went'ring both, T oft found bath. Shakefpeare 2. 'To put orfend on a venture. Th fifh- wentured fo ftaunch hogfheads pickle Franc the pac Ve'nrurer. u / who ventures VE'NTURESOME Bold; daring H [ from wenture." adj VE'NTURESOMELY wenture. [ fro In a bol adv o daring manner VE'NTUROUS, adj. [from wenture.] Daring; bold; fearlefs; ready to run hazards Charles was guided by mean men, who woul make it their mafter-piece of favour to give wenturous counfels, which no great or wife man would Bacon He paus'd not; but with went'rous ar Milton's Paradife Loft He pluck'd, he tafted Columbus having led the way, was feconded b Americus Vefpufius, an old wenturous Florentine Heylyn The went'rous humour of our mariners cofts thi ifland many brave lives every year Temple Savage pirates feek, through feas unknown The lives of others, went'rous of their own Pope VE'NTUROUSLY. adv. [from wenturous. Daringly; fearlefsly; boldly Siege was laid to the fort, by the Lord Gray then deputy, with a fmaller number than thof were within the fort; wenturoufly indeed; bu hafte was made to attack them before the rebel came in to them Bacon VE'NTUROUSNESS. 7 /. [from wenturous. Boldnefs ; willingnefs to hazard Her coming into a place where the walls an ‘ would have wentured at firft to have loft the fuitor VE V'E i fo as to keep themiin thei . Garew cielings were whited over, much offended he fight, and made her repent her went'roufnefs Boyle on Colours VEe'NUS® bafin. [dinfacus maJjor, Lat. VE'NUS' comb. [ pedten Veneris, Lat. Ve'Nus® bair . /. Plants [adiantum. Ve'Nus' looking-glafs VE'NUS® navel-avort Ob 1. Moral truth; honefly of report 2. Phyfical truth; confiftency of repor with fact. Lefs proper an they fubmitte crue mony deaths, rathe to the moft ignominiou tha retraét their tefti there was no reafon to doubt the weracity o thofe faéts which they related Addifon VERB. n [ [werbe, Fr. werbum, Latin. A part of {peech fignifying exiftence, o fome modification thereof, as aion paflion. And withal fome difpofition o intention of the mind relating thereto as of aflirming, denying, interrogating commanding. - Clarke's Latin Grammar Men ufually talk ofa noun and a werb. Shake/p VE'RBAL adj. [verbal, Fr. werbalis, Lat. 1. Spoken ; not written 2. Oral ; uttered by mouth Made fhe no werbal quefts - =--Yes; once or twic fathe Out of ufe Tam forr You put me to forget a lady's' manners By being fo werbal Sbakg[lz'm 5. Minutely exa& in words Negle& the rules each werbd! critick lays For not to know fom i trifles is a praife 6. Literal ; havin word t Pm. word anfwering ¢ Whofoever offers at verbal tranflation, fhall hay the misfortune of that young traveller, twho lof his own language abroad, and brought home 5 other inftead of it Denbag The werbal copier is incumbered with fo man) difficulties at once, that he can never difentangl himfelf from all 7. [Perbal Dryden Fr.in grammar. A werpy noun is 2 noun derived from a verb VerBA'LITY. 7/ [from @rbal.] Mer words ; bare literal expreflion Sometime h wil fee t be charmed with words of holy fcripture, and to' fly from the lette and dead werbality, who muft only ftart at the lif and animated materials thereof Brown' Vulgar Errours VE'RBALLY. adw. [from werbal. 1. Inwords; orally The manner of our denying the deity of Chrif here prohibited, was by words and oral expreflion werbally to deny it South's Sermon 2. Word for word *Tis almoft impofiible to tranflate werbally, an well, at the fame time VERBATIM adwv Dryden [Latin. Word fo word Think not, although in writing I preferr' The manner of thy vile outrageous crimes That therefore I have forg'd, or am not abl Verbatim to rehearfe the method of my pen. Shak See the tranfcripts of both charters @erbatin i Mat. Paris Hale Zo VE'RBERATE. w. a. [werbero, Latin. Vera'cious. adj, [werax, Latin. fervant of truth Vera"ciTy. n'[ {verax, Latin. Whe 4. Verbofe; full of words fhe heav'd the name o Pantingly forth, as if it preft her heart .3+ Confifting in mere words Shakefp If young African for fam His wafted country freed from Punicl rage The deed becomes unprais'd, the man at leaf And lofes, though but werbal, his reward. Milton Being at firft out of the way to fcience, in th progrefs of their inquiries they muft lofe themfelves, and the truth, in a werdal labyrinth. Glanw It was fuch a denial or confeffion of him'a would appear in preaching: but ¢his is manage in words and werbal profeflion South To beat; to ftrike #. /. [werberation, Fr VErBERA'TION from werberate. Blows; beating Riding or walking againft great winds is a gea exercife, the effe&s of whic are rednefs and in flammation; all the effets of a foft prefs o' werArbuthnor beration VERBO'SE. adj. [verlofus, Lat.] Exube rant in words ; prolix; tedious by multiplicity of words Let envy Ill-judging and werbofe, from Lethe's lak Draw tuns urmeafurable me They ought to be brief, and not too werbgfe i their way of fpeaking; and to propound the mat ter of their argument in a mild and gentle manner Ayliffe's Parergon VERBO'SITY #. / [werbefité, Fr. fro verbofe.] Exuberance of words; muc empty talk He draweth out the thread of his werbofit Sbakg@Finer than the ftaple of his argument To give an hint more of the werbofities of thi philofophy, a fhort view ofa definition or two Y" be fufficient evidence Glan?_l"f Homer is guilty of werbafity, and of a tediou prolix manner of fpeaking : he is the greateft talker of all antiquity Broomt VE'RDANT. adj. [werdoiant, Fr. wiridans Lat.] Green. This word is fo latel naturalized, that Siizzer could find 1 only in a diétionary Each odorous buthy thru - Fencd up the werdant wall M' 108 VE'RDERER, 2. /i [werdier, FI. _."'g'd&& rius, low Lat. An'officer 1 the torgi VERDICT |
