Ventured

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

  Venture \Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Venturing}.]
     1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
        to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.
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     2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the
        chances.
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              Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J.
                                                    Dryden, Jr.
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     {To venture at}, or {To venture on} or {To venture upon}, to
        dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of
        success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
        "When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.
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