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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\, noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\, verb (used without an object) [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\, verb (used with an object) 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\ (d[^a]r), verb (used without an object) [imp. {Durst} (d[^u]rst) or {Dared} (d[^a]rd); 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dare \Dare\, noun [See {Dace}.] (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; the dace.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), noun [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 {Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
dare
noun: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare" [syn: {daring}]
verb
1: take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?" [syn: {make bold}, {presume}]
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "dare": 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, confront with, court destruction, dare to, defi, defy, defy danger, deride, double dare, double-dare, encounter, envisage, face, face out, face up to, face with, forget the odds, front, gage, gage of battle, gamble, gauntlet, get fresh, get smart, glove, have a nerve, have the cheek, have the gall, have the guts, have the nerve, hazard, hold in contempt, lay before, make bold, make bold to, make free, meet, meet squarely, outdare, outface, place before, play with fire, present to, presume, pretend, pretend to, provocation, provoke, put it to, rebel yell, ridicule, risk, run the chance, run the risk, scream defiance, seek to, set before, show fight, stare down, stem, strive to, study to, stump, take a chance, take chances, take liberties, take the liberty, taunt, tempt Providence, try and, try to, ultimatum, venture, venture to, war cry, war whoop
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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].
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Dare -- U.S. County in North Carolina Population (2000): 29967 Housing Units (2000): 26671 Land area (2000): 383.577313 sq. miles (993.460639 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1177.933245 sq. miles (3050.832970 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1561.510558 sq. miles (4044.293609 sq. km) Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.839903 N, 75.656282 W Headwords: Dare Dare, NC Dare County Dare County, NC
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