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cient 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. Thack…

A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton.

Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.

Full af daring or of defiance; adveturous. [R.] Shak.

One who dares or defies.

Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave. Shak. R. Browning.

To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

A small piece of money. [Obs.] Shak.

An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak.

To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor.

age; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius Addison.

appear before the judgment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.

to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak.

To venture; to dare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.

et at defiance. No admiral, bearded by three corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. Macaulay.

another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows end bills. Macaulay.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett. To blow hot and cold Etym: (a saying derived from a fable of , to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escap…

To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. These I can brave, but those I can not bear. Dryden.