venture

A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

• My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.

An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

• A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.

The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

• My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

To undertake a risky or daring journey.transitive

• who freights a ship to venture on the seas
• A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]

To risk or offer.transitive

• to venture funds
• to venture a guess

To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.intransitive

To put or send on a venture or chance.transitive

• to venture a horse to the West Indies

To confide in; to rely on; to trust.transitive

• A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.

To say something; to offer an opinion.transitive

• “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.
• If I were to take an educated guess, I'd venture that maybe the author of this world was into wearing tanktops and the Indigo Girls.