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n. 1. 1 any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent.
Syn. -- Second Adventism [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the membranous outer covering of an organ or blood vessel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to adventitia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. adventitius. ] 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
Syn. -- accidental; casual; incidental; additional; supervenient; foreign. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an external source. Stedman 25 [ PC ]

-- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Accidental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Adventitious. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of “to happen, befall.” See Advene. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Risk; danger; peril. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in great adventure of his life. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. [ 1913 Webster ]

He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adventured p. pr. & vb. n. Adventuring ] [ OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n. ] 1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, [ 1913 Webster ]

Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. aventurier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. recklessness in politics or foreign affairs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to adventurism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n. ] 1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See Rash. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To share in a venture. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fellow adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + adventure: cf. OF. desaventure. ] Misfortune; mishap. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unprosperous; unfortunate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mesaventure, F. mésaventure. ] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. [ OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure. ] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. “If peradventure he speak against me.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South. [ 1913 Webster ]