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Dare

verb

Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission. Synonyms: make bold, presume.

To be courageous enough to try or do something. "She dares to dress differently from the others"

Challenge. Synonym: defy.

noun

A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy. Synonym: daring.

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"Dare" Quotes from Famous Books

... she rose, walked slowly from the gloom of the church, flashed into the glow of the churchyard, gleamed across it to a private door in the wall, which a servant held for her, and vanished. If a moment after, the notes of a merry song invaded the ears of those who yet lingered, who could dare suspect that proudly sedate damsel thus suddenly breaking the ice of her ...

— Malcolm • George MacDonald

... I dare say, if Christians were sober, watchful, and of a more self-denying temper, they need not put the Lord Jesus to that to which for the want of these things they do so often put him. I know he is not unwilling to serve us, but I know also that the love ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... said Sneak, after looking at the approaching form and turning to Joe, "how dare you to be frightened at sich a ...

— Wild Western Scenes • John Beauchamp Jones

... is that I have indigestion. I dare say I'm really weeping in anticipation over the Sunday dinner! The food's bad and I can't afford to live anywhere else. I'd take a room and do my own cooking, but what time have I?" She spread out the pieces of flannel on her knee. "Does this ...

— The Street of Seven Stars • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... We talk of humility and contentment, Corny, though there is much of the nolo episcopari about it, after all. But you see that the preference of the child is so much stronger than that of the parent, that it must prevail. I dare say, after all, you would much rather be Anneke's choice, than ...

— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper

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