Durst
[dә:st]
Definition
(imp.) of Dare
(imp.) of Dare. See Dare, v. i.
Editor: Nicolas
Definition
pa.t. of Dare to venture.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- You'd be everybody's master, if you durst, retorted Orlick, with an ill-favored grin. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That Colonel durst no more take leave of him, than that turnkey durst ask him his intentions respecting a case. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Nay, Margaret, I'm glad it is done, though I durst not have done it myself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- After a while they ceased, and she began to wonder whether she durst give herself the relief of telling her father of all her trouble. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She's awful clever, and none but a clever one durst say a word to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I doubt if they durst spare him after the demonstration in the court. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She durst not refuse me then. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The French government could and durst use force, and therefore disdained to use management and persuasion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Terence