Aunter

Aunter
Aunter \Aun"ter\, Auntre \Aun"tre\, v. t. [See {Adventure}.] To venture; to dare. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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  • aunter — /önˈtər/ (obsolete) noun Adventure ORIGIN: OFr aventure * * * aunter, tre, trous etc., obs. ff. aventure, adventure n., etc …   Useful english dictionary

  • Auntre — Aunter Aun ter, Auntre Aun tre, v. t. [See {Adventure}.] To venture; to dare. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • A bill of adventure — Adventure Ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of to happen, befall. See Advene.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Adventure — Ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of to happen, befall. See Advene.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Enaunter — E*naun ter, adv. [Pref. en + aunter.] Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paraunter — Par*aun ter, adv. [Par + aunter.] Peradventure. See {Paraventure}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wallace Collection — Das Gebäude der Wallace Collection Die Wallace Collection ist ein Kunstmuseum in London (Westminster). Es entstand aus der Privatsammlung von Sir Richard Wallace, die von seiner Witwe 1897 dem britischen Staat vermacht wurde. Das Museum wurde… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mishanter — /mi shan teuhr/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a misfortune; mishap. Also, mischanter. [1745 55; var. of misaunter, equiv. to MIS 1 + aunter, var. of obs. aventure ADVENTURE] * * * …   Universalium

  • an — I. , indef. art. == before a cons. RG. 537, ‘an stounde.’ So also RG. 261 == and. q. v. == on, ‘an urthe’ 174 B. ‘an honde’ == on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of ‘soon,’ ‘now,’ which it bears in Semi Saxon. See… …   Oldest English Words

  • anaunters — əˈnantə(r)z conjunction Etymology: Middle English anaunter (from an from Old English, variant of on + aunter, variant of aventure adventure) + s more at adventure now dialect England …   Useful english dictionary

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