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  9  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dare  \Dare\,  v.  i.  [imp.  {Durst}or  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dare  \Dare\,  n.  [See  {Dace}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  fish;  the  dace. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dare  \Dare\,  v.  i.  [OE.  darien,  to  lie  hidden,  be  timid.] 
  To  lurk;  to  lie  hid.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dace  \Dace\,  n.  [Written  also  dare,  dart,  fr  F.  dard  dase, 
  dart,  of  German  origin.  Dace  is  for  an  older  darce,  fr  an 
  OF  nom.  darz.  See  {Dart}  a  javelin.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  European  cyprinoid  fish  ({Squalius  leuciscus}  or 
  {Leuciscus  vulgaris});  --  called  also  {dare}. 
 
  Note:  In  America  the  name  is  given  to  several  related  fishes 
  of  the  genera  {Squalius},  {Minnilus},  etc  The 
  black-nosed  dace  is  {Rhinichthys  atronasus}  the  horned 
  dace  is  {Semotilus  corporalis}.  For  red  dace,  see 
  {Redfin}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dare 
  n  :  a  challenge  to  do  something  dangerous  or  foolhardy;  "he 
  could  never  refuse  a  dare"  [syn:  {daring}] 
  v  1:  take  upon  oneself;  act  presumptuously,  without  permission; 
  "How  dare  you  call  my  lawyer?"  [syn:  {make  bold},  {presume 
  to}] 
  2:  to  be  courageous  enough  to  try  or  do  something:  "I  don't 
  dare  call  him",  "she  dares  to  dress  differently  from  the 
  others." 
  3:  challenge:  "I  dare  you!"  [syn:  {defy}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  DARE 
 
  Differential  Analyzer  REplacement.  A  family  of  simulation 
  languages  for  continuous  systems. 
 
  ["Digital  Continuous  System  Simulation",  G.A.  Korn  et  al  P-H 
  1978].




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