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VENTUROUSLY.
He was. .knighted by the King for his venturous Activity..
1711 Shaftesb. Ckarac. (1737J 11. m. 346 Bear with my
ventrous and bold Approach. 1818 Scott ///-/. MiM. xxvii,
There was somethinj; of romance in Jeanie's venturous
resolution. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh viii. 349, I
scarce marvel much you took it for a venturous piece of
spite, 1877 Bryant 5tf//a 21 Her clear, calm eye Was Ijright
with venturous spirit.
b. Of opinions, etc. : Daringly bold or original
going further than the evidence or facts appear to
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an action is laid ; the place where a jury is summoned
to come for the trial of a case. Freq. in
the phrase to lay (alsoyfj: ox place) the venue.
1531 Star Chamb. Cases (Seldenj II. 190 The venewe most
nedes be of Stevenage aforsed. Ibid. 194 Ihe layng of the
venew or issue at Stevenegcto have an indefferent Jury.
»S43-4 -'^ct 35 Hen. VIII, c. 6 § 3 Within thesaide hundred
where the venewe lieth. 1641 Vermes de la Ley 260 Vcneiu
or Visnc is a terine used.. often in our bookes, and signifies
a place next to that where any thing that comes to be tryed
is supposed to bee done. And therefore.. some of the Jury
must be of the same hundred, or sometimes of the same
parish in which the thing is supposed to be done. 1664-5
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1608 Wii.LET Hexapla Exod. 571 Contrarie then to this
orihodoxall doctrine of the Fathers . . are tlie-^e ventrous and
bold positions. 1644 Milton Areo^. (Arb.) 57 One sentence
of a ventrous edge, utter'd in the height of zeal. 1681
Baxter ApoL Nonconf. Min, 5 Men's uncertain and venturous
reports. 1830 \V, Tavi.or Hist. Surp. Germ. Poetry
I. 333 Lessing. .was distinguished by the venturous originality
of his opinions. 1837 J. H. Newman Proph. Office
Church, ^c. 133 Nothing is gained to the intellect ; rather,
Act
murred and shewen the same for Cause, nor for want of the
Averment.. or for that there is noe right Venue. 1728
Chambers Cycl. s.v.. Thus we say, Twelve of the Assize
ought to be of the same Venew where the Demand is made,
1796 J. Anstey Pleader's Guide i. i. (1826) 5 For Kards and
Lawyers, both, with ease, May place the Venue where they
something is lost by ihis venturous claim.
Ve'nturously, adv. Also 6 venter-, 6-7
ventrously, 8 vent'rously. [f. prec + -XT 2.]
In a venturous manner ; boldly, daringly,
a., a 1533 Ld. Berners Hiton xvi. 42 Than venturously
they releuyd them. 1591 Horsey Trav. (Hakluyt Soc.) 199,
I stode emonge the rest venturously. 1603 Holland
Plutarch's Mor. 476 To make shifts and expose themselves
venturously into any danger. 1651 Fuller Perkins in
Abel Redivivus 435 A difficult taske no lesse valiantly
performed than venturously undertaken. 170X Norris
Ideal IVorld i. v. 324 'I'hey. .determine venturously upon
the first views. 18x4 Scorr li^av. i, I have venturously
essayed to read a chapter to the public.
Comb. 1639 HoiiBEs Thucydides 104 You ought not to
b«e lesse venturously minded against the cnemie.
3i Y- cx$ss Harpsfield Divorce Hen. /V// (Camden) 150
He sticketti not venterously to avouch that it was not lawful-
iS73'l'wvNEy^««V^ Ded. A ij, I haueenterprisedmore
ventrously then wisely, .to end that which he left vnperfect.
1650 Bl'lwf.r Anthropo7uet. 170 This agitation of mind..
makes the Soule more boldly and ventrously to reflect upon
it self, a 1656 Hales Gold. Rem. (1673) 1. 85, I have often
wondred with my self, how men durst die so ventrously,
except they were sure they died well. axToiSEDLEV V^en. 4-
/Jynkes of ^ow J»re Dame Venus
semes fairest to be. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 84 The Coper
set is to Venus, And to his part Mercurius. 1419-20
Lyug. Chron. Troy 11. 3443 In honour only of Venus,
t>e goddes, Whom >e Grekis with al her besynes Honoured
most of euery nianer age. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xiv.
50 Certes, Venus, thou and thy sone Cupydo are gretely
to be praysed. 1508 Dunbar Gold. Targe 21 The birdis
sang .. With curiouse note, as Venus chapell clerkis.
1590 Marlowe ind Pt. Tamburl. iv. ii, Thou shalt..Sit
like to Venus in her chaire of state, Commanding all thy
princely eie desires. 1687 Drvden Hind ^ P. 111. 1064
As if this troublesome intruding Guest Would drive the
Birds of Venus [ = dovesl from their Nest. 1781 Cowper
Conversat. 824 Certain feasts . . Where Venus hears the
lover's tender vow. 1835 'Ywivx^iK\A.Greece 1. 141 The temple
of Venus at Eryx, which was most probably founded by
Phoenicians. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 172/2 'Ihe native
Roman goddess Venus, as distinguished from the Venus
who through contact with the Greeks was afterwards ideniitied
with Aphrodite.
b. In allusive use ; (cf. sense 2).
c 141a HoccLEVE De Reg. Princ. 3890 pere wole he outen
his langage, And do to Eachus and Venus homage, c 1508
C. Blo-wbol's Test. 62 in Hazlitl E.P.P. I. 94 Hegafme
many a good certacion. .That he had laboured in Venus
secret celle. 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Diet. (ed. 2) s v.
Maslach, Sometimes tliey take Three Drams, without any
prejudice, especially when they are about to Fight the
Battels of Mars or Venus, a X796 Burns Lines Windoius
Globe Tavern, Dumfries, In wars at hame I'll spend my
blood. Life-giving wars of Venus. 1809 Malkin Gil Bias
IV. vii. ^8 He could not stomach those beauties who call
a spade a spade. Such were not for his market ; the rites
of Venus must be consummated in the temple of Vesta.
c. A representation, esp. a statue or image, of
Venus,
a 1568 AscHAM Scholem. \\. Wks. (1904) 301 Csesar. .is like
the halfe face of a Venus, the other part of the head beyng
hidden, the bodie and the rest of the members vnbegon.
1601 Holland Pliny II. 566 But of all the images that ever
were made, ..his \sc. Praxiteles] Venus passeth, which hee
wrought for them of Gnidos. a 1700 Evelyn Diary 23 May
1645, 'Twixt the pictures two naked Venuses by Titian.
Ibid., A Venus of marble, veiled from the middle to the feete.
ij*x Richardson Statues etc, in Italy 134 There is a Venus
which stands just by This which is Irreproachable. 1834
Penny Cycl. II. 157/2 Many representations of the goddess
[Aphrodite]., are extant : among these, the celebrated statue,
called the Venus de' Medici, is that with which we are most
familiarized. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis lii. The wig-box
beside the Venus upon the middle shelf of the book-case.
d. A local or other distinct conception of the
goddess; also transf.^ a goddess in other mythologies
corresponding to Venus.
J770 Percy tr. Mallei's Northern Antig. I. 94 This Frea
became in the sequel.. the Venus of the north, doubtless
because she passed for the principle of all fecundity, 1818
DuppA Trav. I'-aly^ etc. 136 He also shewed us a little
bronze statue of a Venus. 1877 W. R. Cooper Egypt.
Obelisks vii.(i878) 30 Under the special protection of Hathor,
the Egyptian Venus.
t2. The desire for sexual intercourse ; indulgence
- of sexual desire ; lust, venery. Obs.
I Burton
1513 Douglas j^neid iv. Prol. gjChildir to engener ois
Venus, and nocht in vane. 1573 L, Lloyd Marrow of Hist.
(1653I 253 Sardanapalus .. was alwaies werid but never
with Venus. x6ao Venner Fia Recta iii. 61 It
very good nourishment, which.. encreaseth seede,
exciteth Venus. 1697 Drvden Virg. Georg, iv. 289
more strange, their modest Appetites, Averse from
fly the Nuptial Rites. 1746 Francis tr. Horace^
I. xviii. 43 If Venus be his darling Vice. 1746 —
Sat. I. iv. 148 An honest Venus will indulge your Flame.
1 3, A quality or characteristic that excites love
a charm, grace, or attractive feature. Obs.
1540 Palsgr. Acolastus Livb, Here dwell Venusis and
graces of al kynd. 1607 Middi.eton Five Gallants 1. i, A
pretie, fat eyde wench, with a Venus in her cheeke. 1621
Anat. Mel. i. ii. iv. vi, All the Graces, Veneres,
pleasures, elegances attend him. 1647 R. Stapylton
Juvenal 236 Know'st not how many Venu.ses appear In
others gold? 1711 Shaftesb. Charac. (1737) I. 138 Everyone
is a virtuoso, of a higher or lower degree: every-one
pursues a Grace, and courts a Venus of one kind or another.
Ibid. 337 If he knows not this Venus, these Graces [etc, J.
f b. Beauty ; charm, Obs, rare.
1657 G. Thornley />a//(«/j at hii bicome.