Who freights a ship to venture on the seas.
J. Dryden, Jr.
To venture at, or To venture on or upon, to dare to engage in; to
attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture
upon such a project. "When I venture at the comic style." Waller.
Ven"ture, v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to
venture one's person in a balloon.