Dare
[deə] or [dɛr]
Definition
(noun.) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; 'he could never refuse a dare'.
(verb.) to be courageous enough to try or do something; 'I don't dare call him', 'she dares to dress differently from the others'.
Checked by Emil--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
(v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
(v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
(n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
(n.) Defiance; challenge.
(v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.
(v. t.) To terrify; to daunt.
(n.) A small fish; the dace.
Typist: Paul
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Venture, presume, have courage, be bold enough, not be afraid.
v. a. Bravo, defy, challenge.
Inputed by Artie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Venture, face, brave, hazard, risk, defy, challenge
ANT:Shrink, shun, dread, cower
Typed by Corinne
Definition
v.i. to be bold enough: to venture:—pa.t. durst.—v.t. to challenge: to defy.—n. (Shak.) boldness a challenge.—n. Dare′-dev′il a rash venturesome fellow.—adj. unreasonably rash and reckless.—adjs. Dare′ful (Shak.) full of daring adventurous; Dar′ing bold: courageous: fearless.—n. boldness.—n. Dar′ing-do (see Derring-doe).—adj. Dar′ing-hard′y (Shak.) foolhardy.—adv. Dar′ingly.—I dare say I suppose.
v.t. to frighten terrify.
n. a small river fish of the carp family and of the same genus as the roach chub minnow &c.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Think you, Tars Tarkas, that John Carter will fly at the first shriek of a cowardly foe who dare not come out into the open and face a good blade? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Ah, I dare say I did. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I dare say I owe as much as good-natured people will let me owe. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Dare you take the freedom of going all over the house? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He doctors sick horses, I dare say? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He had not dared to tell it sooner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She could not doubt, she dared not indulge a hope, of the paragraph being false. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My Prince, he started, where hast thou-- and then he stopped, but I knew the question that his lips dared not frame. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was undeniably exciting to meet a lady who found the van der Luydens' Duke dull, and dared to utter the opinion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The enemy had not dared to come out of his line at any point to follow up his advantage, except in the single instance of his attack on Barlow. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There she lay, unconscious that I was looking at her--quiet, more quiet than I had dared to hope, but not sleeping. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I dared summon solitude to guard us. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. Plato. The Republic.
- By daring hearts is freedom won. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I can't deny, I said, that the plan you propose meets the difficulty in a way that is very daring, and very ingenious, and very new. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Perish the daring thought that any smaller creation should come between! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was only angry, my dear--I may say outrageous--with the _Independent_ people for daring to insert it; that's all. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Love looks and longs, and dares not; Passion hovers round, and is kept at bay; Truth and Devotion are scared. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Where I came from if a man dares to say a word in favor of the Union we hang him to a limb of the first tree we come to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, _At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We shall see who it is dares strike the mighty Tal Hajus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Who dares insult me by proposing such a thing? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Who dares to arrest a Knight of the Temple of Zion, within the girth of his own Preceptory, and in the presence of the Grand Master? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Who dares say nay, I say he lieth. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Theodore