Dare

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  • intransitive verb. To have the courage required for.
  • intransitive verb. To challenge (someone) to do something requiring boldness.
  • intransitive verb. To confront boldly; brave: synonym: defy.
  • intransitive verb. To be courageous or bold enough to do or try something.
  • intransitive verb. To be courageous or bold enough to.
  • noun. An act of daring; a challenge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be bold enough (to do something); have courage, strength of mind, or hardihood (to undertake some action or project); not to be afraid; venture: followed by an infinitive (with or without to) as object, or sometimes, by ellipsis, used absolutely.
  • [Originally and still often used in the third person of the present tense without a personal termination, and in such case always followed by the infinitive without to: as, he dare not do it.
  • To venture on; attempt boldly to perform.
  • To challenge; provoke to action, especially by asserting or implying that one lacks courage to accept the challenge; defy: as, to dare a man to fight.
  • To arouse; rouse.
  • noun. The quality of being daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash; spirit.
  • noun. A challenge; defiance.
  • noun. A mirror for daring larks.
  • noun. Same as dace, 1.
  • noun. A Middle English form of deer.
  • To be in fear; tremble with fear; be stupefied or dazed with fear. Specifically
  • To lie still in fear; lurk in dread; especially, lie or squat close to the ground, like a frightened bird or hare; look anxiously around, as such a lurking creature.
  • To droop; languish.
  • To strike with fear; terrify; daunt; dismay.
  • To terrify and catch (larks), as by means of a mirror or a piece of red cloth, or by walking round with a hawk on the fist where they are crouching, and then throwing a net over them.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
  • transitive verb. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
  • transitive verb. To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
  • noun. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
  • noun. Defiance; challenge.
  • intransitive verb. To lurk; to lie hid.
  • noun. A small fish; the dace.
  • transitive verb. To terrify; to daunt.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small fish, the dace.
  • verb. To have enough courage (to do something).
  • verb. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
  • verb. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
  • noun. A challenge to prove courage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to be courageous enough to try or do something
  • verb. challenge
  • noun. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
  • verb. take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
  • Word Usage
    "And warmly and kindling dare -- yes, _dare_ to hope,"
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    dared  daring  durst  
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    act  challenge  move  
    Rhyme
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    dared  dares  daring