VENTURE (3)

Ven″ture, v. t. 1. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. Shak. 2. 2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
3. 3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. Addison.