venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai [Fr.], debut; probation
&c (experiment) 463.
V. try, essay; experiment &c 463; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt,
make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance,
tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use
one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way.
try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do
one's best &c (exertion) 686.
Adj. essaying &c v.; experimental &c 463; tentative, empirical,
probationary.
Adv. experimentally &c adj.; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb.
if one may be so bold.
Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice [Lat.] [Ovid]; chi non s'arrischia
non guadagna [Fr.].