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Daunt v. t. (past & past part. daunted; pres. part. daunting)

To overcome; to conquer. (Obs.)

To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten. "Some presences daunt and discourage us."

Synonyms: To dismay; appall. See Dismay.

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"Daunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... penetrate more deeply into its philosophy, its science and its religion, facing its abstruser problems with the student's zeal and the neophyte's ardour. But these Manuals are not written for the eager student, whom no initial difficulties can daunt; they are written for the busy men and women of the work-a-day world, and seek to make plain some of the great truths that render life easier to bear and death easier to face. Written by servants of the Masters who are the Elder Brothers of our race, ...

— The Astral Plane - Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena • C. W. Leadbeater

... nothing of the whiner about him. The fact that he was obliged to import brass from England, hammer it down to the thickness necessary, file it until it was smooth, and then polish it by hand did not daunt him. A more persistent, painstaking, conscientious clockmaker never lived. What marvel that he scorned to advertise? While others cried their products, he simply pasted in the back of each of his clocks the few modest facts he wished to ...

— Christopher and the Clockmakers • Sara Ware Bassett

... dreadful disease and lose your beauty, and then where are you?" added Charlie, thinking that might daunt the young philanthropist. ...

— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott

... Jefferson. "Will nothing daunt them? I wish one of them had entered my room the other night; I would have held him faster than it seems ...

— Jack Harkaway and his son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece • Bracebridge Hemyng

... into one at the time. Georgina had more in her. I wish you could have seen her at eighteen. She was such a fine, glowing, joyous-looking girl, with those bright cheeks, and her eyes dancing and light hair waving, and exuberant spirits that no neglect or unkindness could daunt—all wild gaiety, setting humbug at defiance, and so good-natured! Oh! dear, ...

— Heartsease - or Brother's Wife • Charlotte M. Yonge

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