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  ==Semantic evolution==
− It also meant “chance” (early 12th century) and “danger”, of which ''la bonne aventure'', the telling of fortunes, survives (15th century); classical French still used ''bonne'' and ''mauvaise aventure'' for one's lot.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Very early it took the nuance “unexpected event” (late 11th century), with ''par aventure'' (Chrétien de Troyes) and ''d'aventure'' (about 1395), already archaic at the end of the 17th century, Littré notes that ''par aventure'' was later revived.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)
+ It also meant “chance” (early 12th century) and “danger”, of which ''la bonne aventure'', the telling of fortunes, survives (15th century); classical French still used ''bonne'' and ''mauvaise aventure'' for one's lot.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Very early it took the nuance “unexpected event” (late 11th century), with ''par aventure'' (Chrétien de Troyes) and ''d'aventure'' (about 1395), already archaic at the end of the 17th century;^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) Littré notes that ''par aventure'' was later revived.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)
  
  The modern sense, an extraordinary undertaking full of danger and discovery, came with the romances of chivalry (Marie de France's ''Lais'', second half of the 12th century); the modern imagination linked it to travel and exploration.^(DHLF 1992) ''À l'aventure'' (1306) replaced ''en aventure''.^(DHLF 1992) In the classical language it also meant a love affair.^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) ''Grosse aventure'' “risky profit” (about 1530) was long a term of maritime law, and in African French ''les aventures'' are comic strips.^(DHLF 1992)