dare

1. to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough:

   You wouldn't dare!

1. to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard.

   Synonyms: brave

2. to meet defiantly; face courageously:

   They dared the waves of the North Atlantic.

3. to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage; defy:

   We dared him to show up at school dressed that way.

1. to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives): He dare not mention the subject again.

   How dare you speak to me like that?

   He dare not mention the subject again.

1. a challenge or provocation posed to someone to test their boldness or courage:

   I accepted the dare.

2. an action proposed to someone as a challenge or test of boldness or courage: She knew it was going to be a humiliating dare.

   Will he be able to complete the dare?

   She knew it was going to be a humiliating dare.

verb phrase

1. daresay ( def ).

1. Vir·gin·ia [ver-, jin, -y, uh], 1587–?, daughter of Lost Colony settlers, the first child born in the Americas to English parents.

1. Dictionary of American Regional English.