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noun

Aventure n.

Accident; chance; adventure. (Obs.)

(Old Law) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.

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Etymology of 'Aventure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aventure" Quotes from Famous Books

... in a companye, Of sondry folk, by aventure y-falle In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, ...

— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck

... takth the gold in honde. For thilke tyme I understonde The Lumbard made non eschange The bisschopriches forto change, Ne yet a lettre for to sende For dignite ne for Provende, 210 Or cured or withoute cure. The cherche keye in aventure Of armes and of brygantaille Stod nothing thanne upon bataille; To fyhte or for to make cheste It thoghte hem thanne noght honeste; Bot of simplesce and pacience Thei maden thanne no defence: The Court of worldly regalie To hem was ...

— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower

... men goon into that blisful place Of hertes hele and dedly woundes cure; Through me men goon unto the wells of grace, Ther grene and lusty May shal ever endure: This is the wey to al good aventure. ...

— Outlines of English and American Literature • William J. Long

... by Olivier Mallard; J.Longis, "Nihil in charitate violentia"; Denys Janot, "Tout par amour, amour par tout, par tout amour, en tout bien"; the French rendering of a very old proverb in the mottoes of B.Aubri and D.Roce, "Al'aventure tout vient a point qui peut attendre"; J.Bignon, "Repos sans fin, sans fin repos"; the motto used conjointly by M.Fzandat and R.Granjon, "Ne la mort, ne le venin"; and the motto of Etienne Dolet, "Scabra et impolita ad amussim dolo, atque perfolio." Among the mottoes of early English printers, ...

— Printers' Marks - A Chapter in the History of Typography • William Roberts