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Dare
DARE, v.i. pret. durst. To have courage to any purpose; to have strength of mind or hardihood to undertake anything; to be bold enough; not to be afraid; to venture; to be adventurous.
I dare do all that may become a man. Shak.
Dare any of you go to law before the unjust? 1
Cor. vi
None of his disciples durst ask him, who art thou.
John 21
In this intransitive sense, dare is not generally followed by the sign to before another verb in the infinitive; though to may be used with propriety. In German, the verb is numbered among the auxiliaries. In the transitive form, it is regular; thus,
DARE, v.t. pret. and pp. dared. To challenge; to provoke; to defy; as, to dare a man to fight.
Time, I dare thee to discover such a youth and
such a lover. Dryden.
To dare larks, to catch them by means of a looking glass, or by keeping a bird of prey hovering aloft, which keeps them in amaze till caught; to terrify or amaze.
DARE, Defiance; challenge.
DARE, n. A small fish, the same as the dace.
dare appears in definitions for these words:
Adventure Affront Affronted Audacious Bedare Compete Contest Dare Darer Dazzle Defiance Defier Defy Durst Endure Good Hypallage Iambus Man Mate Outdare Piracy Profligate Promise Rashly Risk Sock Stab Temptation Tooth Trade Undertake Venture Wring
Adventure Affront Affronted Audacious Bedare Compete Contest Dare Darer Dazzle Defiance Defier Defy Durst Endure Good Hypallage Iambus Man Mate Outdare Piracy Profligate Promise Rashly Risk Sock Stab Temptation Tooth Trade Undertake Venture Wring
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