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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Out of the proper or usual place; <as>as, <ex>adventitious</ex> buds or roots</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Acquired, as diseases; accidental.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Ad*ven"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Accidental.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Adventitious.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

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<hw>Ad*ven"tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Ad*ven"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the season of advent.</def>

<i>Sanderson.</i>

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<hw>Ad*ven"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aventure</ets>, <ets>aunter</ets>, <ets>anter</ets>, F. <ets>aventure</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>adventura</ets>, fr. L. <ets>advenire</ets>, <ets>adventum</ets>, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall." See <ets>Advene</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.</def>

<blockquote>Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all <b>adventures</b>, be fastened upon him individually. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Risk; danger; peril.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was in great <b>adventure</b> of his life. <i>Berners.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He loved excitement and <b>adventure</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; <as>as, the <ex>adventures</ex> of one's life</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.</def>

<cs><col>A bill of adventure</col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.</syn>

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