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ort a friend or a party; to support the present administration. Wherefore, bold pleasant, Darest thou support a published traitor Shak.

cise or short; a particle. Before any syllable of the law of God was written. Hooker. Who dare speak One syllable against him Shak.

That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil. Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it, and lay the bright temptation down. Dryden.

Thoroughly. [Obs.] Bacon. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2. To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiant to be true Dryden.

.) See Red-gum, 1. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young. -- To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with. How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth Shak.

To idle away; to waste. [R.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. Ford.

husband; an officer true to his charge. Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. Milton. Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.

And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward.

In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.

ard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan.

To distort; to pervert; to wrest. How dare men thus wring the Scriptures Whitgift.