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Definition of Aunter
1. n. Adventure; hap.
2. v. t. To venture; to dare.
Definition of Aunter
1. Noun. (obsolete) adventure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aunter
1. an adventure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aunter
Literary usage of Aunter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"aunter, (A.-N.) (1) s. An adventure; a hap, or chance. ... AUR Forth! an aunter
in erde I ittle to sha»-e. ... Probably a mere Be-forn his aunter he ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by William Aldis Wright, Jonathan Eastwood (1884)
"... derived O. Fr. advenir, to happen, and aventure, a chance, accident, which
passed into Old Eng. in the form aunter (in ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"aunter, «. Adventure. Thus to forest they fore, The-i sterne Knighta on store.
... In the same sense, in aunter is used by Gower. ..."
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