Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Adventure; chance; accident; specifically, in old law, a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as drowning or falling from a house.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete Accident; chance; adventure.
- n. obsolete A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Accident; chance; adventure.
- n. (Old Law) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
Examples
“The term aventure is used in French to mean a fling.”
“Well nobody can deny the fact that the kind of aventure one gets while blind dating someone is enormous.”
“J'adore suivre les évènements de votre vie -- toujours un aventure avec Kristin à votre côté, n'est-ce pas?”
“Je vous souhaite bonne chance pour la suite de cette belle aventure.”
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“J'adore suivre les évènements de votre vie--toujours un aventure avec Kristin à votre côté, n'est-ce pas?”
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“Science fiction, men's action aventure, most any kind of fiction that might carry some sort of stigma, real or perceived.”
“My kid, streaking boldly through the cobblestone streets of the sketchy/touristy area of the city, loving every minute of our "aventure.”
“In this spirit, the creation of the EJLS is conceived as une aventure humaine undertaken by EUI researchers who wish to participate in the enhancement of a European sphere of legal research - First issue now available online as open access”
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ruzuzu "Adventure; chance; accident; specifically, in old law, a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as drowning or falling from a house."
--Century Dictionary Dec 7, 2010