Meaning of at a venture | Babel Free

Definitions

at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly

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Examples

“For when the Mind⟳ is once re-pleniſh’d with ſound and good Principles, not taken up at a Venture, but upon the most mature Deliberation, what can we reaſonably expect⟳, but that it ſhould exert it ſelf in a ſuitable Manner upon all proper Occaſions.”

“For my own⟳ part, I never in my life began a letter more at a venture than the present⟳.”

“He had nothing better to do than to take⟳ chance for his guide⟳, and to go at a venture through the streets of the city.”

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