Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-AD-VENT'URE
PER-AD-VENT'URE, adv. [Fr. par aventure; par, by, and aventure, from L. venio, to come.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be. – Hooker. It has been used as a noun for doubt or question, but rather improperly. The word is obsolescent and inelegant.
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