Aventure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aventure \A*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [See {Adventure}, n.]
     1. Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. (Old Law) A mischance causing a person's death without
        felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.


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