noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   accident; chance; adventure countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire countable, obsolete, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   Obsolete form of adventure. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

See adventure.

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