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dare
[dair] 
verb, dared or (Archaic
) durst; dared; daring; present singular 3rd person dares or dare, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough: You wouldn't dare! |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard. |
| 3. | to meet defiantly; face courageously. |
| 4. | to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage; defy: to dare a man to fight. |
–auxiliary verb
| 5. | to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives): How dare you speak to me like that? He dare not mention the subject again. |
–noun
—Idiom| 6. | an act of daring or defiance; challenge. |
| 7. | dare say, daresay. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME dar (v.), OE dear(r), 1st and 3rd person sing. pres. indic. of durran; akin to OHG gitarran
bef. 900; ME dar (v.), OE dear(r), 1st and 3rd person sing. pres. indic. of durran; akin to OHG gitarran
Related forms:
darer, noun
Synonyms:
1. Dare, venture imply involvement in risks and dangers. Dare emphasizes the state of mind that makes one willing to meet danger: He dared to do what he knew was right. Venture emphasizes the act of doing something that involves risk: He ventured into deep water. 2. hazard, risk, brave.
1. Dare, venture imply involvement in risks and dangers. Dare emphasizes the state of mind that makes one willing to meet danger: He dared to do what he knew was right. Venture emphasizes the act of doing something that involves risk: He ventured into deep water. 2. hazard, risk, brave.
Dare
[dair] –noun
| Virginia, 1587–?, first child born of English parents in the Western Hemisphere. |
DARE
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| dare (dâr) v. dared, dar·ing, dares v. tr.
To be courageous or bold enough to do or try something: Go ahead and dive if you dare. v. aux. To be courageous or bold enough to: I dare not say. How dare she go? n. An act of daring; a challenge. [Middle English daren, from Old English dearr, first and third person sing. present indicative of durran, to venture, dare; see dhers- in Indo-European roots.] dar'er n. Usage Note: Depending on its sense, the verb dare sometimes behaves like an auxiliary verb (such as can or may) and sometimes like a main verb (such as want or try). When used as an auxiliary verb, dare does not change to agree with its subject: Let him say that if he dare. It also does not combine with do in questions, negations, or certain other constructions: Dare we tell her the truth? I dare not mention their names. Finally, it does not take to before the verb that follows it: If you dare breathe a word about it, I'll never speak to you again. When used as a main verb, dare does agree with its subject (If he dares to show up at her house I'll be surprised), and it does combine with do (Did anyone dare to admit it?). It may optionally take to before the verb following it: No one dares (or dares to) speak freely about the political situation. The auxiliary forms differ subtly in meaning from the main verb forms in that they emphasize the attitude or involvement of the speaker while the main verb forms present a more objective situation. Thus How dare you operate this machinery without proper training? expresses indignation at the action, whereas How do you dare to operate this machinery without proper training? is a genuine request for information. When dare is used as a transitive verb meaning "challenge," only main verb forms are possible and to is required: Anyone who dares him to attempt it will be sorry. |
| Dare (dâr) The first child of English parents born in America. She disappeared with other members of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island in Virginia. |
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Dare\, v. i. [imp. Durstor Dared; p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada['u]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. --Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. --Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. --Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. --Jowett (Thu?yd.). Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. --Skeat. The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). --P. Plowman. You know one dare not discover you. --Dryden. The fellow dares not deceive me. --Shak. Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.Dare
Dare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.]1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? --Bagehot. To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. --The Century. 2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy. Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. --Dryden.Dare
Dare\, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak. 2. Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. --Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C[ae]sar. --Shak.Dare
Dare\, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Dare
Dare\, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl. To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares.Dare
Dare\, n. [See Dace.] (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; the dace.
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Language Translation for : dare
Spanish:
atraverse, osar,
German:
wagen,
Japanese:
あえて～する
dare
O.E. durran "to brave danger," from P.Gmc. *ders-, from PIE *dhers- (cf. Skt. dadharsha "to be bold," O.Pers. darš- "to dare," Gk. thrasys "bold," O.C.S. druzate "to be bold, dare"). An O.E. irregular preterite-present verb: darr, dearst, dear were first, second and third person singular present indicative; mostly regularized 16c., though past tense dorste survived as durst, but is now dying, persisting mainly in northern Eng. dialect. Meaning "to challenge or defy (someone)" is first recorded 1580. Daredevil is from 1794.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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DARE
Differential Analyzer REplacement. A family of simulation languages for continuous systems.
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