dare

  • 51dare — (da r ) Interjection populaire signifiant à la hâte. •   Dare, dare, dare, voilà un homme qui vient en cabriolet, comme si le diable l emportait, DIDEROT dans le Dict. de POITEVIN …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 52Dare — This interesting surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may derive from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name Deora , Middle English Dere , which is in part a short form of various compound names with the first element deor ,… …

    Surnames reference

  • 53dare — verb ADVERB ▪ barely (esp. AmE), hardly, scarcely ▪ I hardly dared to breathe. VERB + DARE ▪ wouldn t ▪ I would …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 54dare — Synonyms and related words: affront, aim to, assume, attempt, attempt to, battle cry, be a man, beard, bid defiance, bid to combat, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, call out, cartel, challenge, chance, change, confront,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55dare — verb (3rd singular present usu. dare before an expressed or implied infinitive without to) 1》 have the courage to do something. 2》 defy or challenge (someone) to do something. 3》 literary take the risk of. noun a challenge, especially to prove… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 56dare — Dace Dace (d[=a]s), 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 ({Leuciscus leuciscus}, formerly… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 57dare — 1. verb /deə(ɹ)/ a) To have enough courage (to do something). I wouldnt dare argue with my boss. b) To defy or challenge (someone to do something) I dare you to kiss that girl. 2. noun /deə(ɹ)/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 58dare — [OE] Dare used to be a widespread Germanic verb, with relatives in Old High German (giturran) and Gothic (gadaursan), but today it survives only in English (the similarlooking Danish turde and Swedish töras are probably not related). It comes via …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 59Dare — Sp Dãras Ap Dare L JAV apyg. (Š. Karolina) …

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  • 60dare — 1. verb 1) nobody dared to say a word Syn: be brave enough, have the courage, venture, have the nerve, risk, take the liberty of; N.Amer. take a flyer; informal stick one s neck out 2) she dared him to go Syn: challenge, defy …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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