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Meanings of dare in English

Portuguese
aventurar-sea
Catalan
desafiament
Spanish
reto

A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.

aventurar-sea
Portuguese
desafiar
Spanish
retar

Challenge.

desafiar

Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.

Usage of dare in English
1
In fact, I dare not; she is in too complicated a mood.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
2
Yes, yes; it seems strange; I dare say that it seems strange.
Jess
3
He stood in the pillared portico and did not dare go in.
The Judge
4
The water in Maine is so cold one dare hardly go in.
The Title Market
5
I went to see your house; I did not dare go in.
The Red Lily — Volume 03
6
The porter nodded in his chair: I dare not say he slept:
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884
7
And I dare say it seems dreary in the house to you.
Christie Redfern's Troubles
8
Put the seas betwixt you and England; I dare not say more.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4
9
She could not dare to read it in the presence of others.
Bristol Bells: A Story of the Eighteenth Century
10
She stood hesitating and considering; she dare not let the boy out.
One of Life's Slaves
11
I dare anything in these circumstances, the greater outrage includes the less.
The Green Rust
12
Two days later I awake with the question I dare not ask.
Letters to jackie: condolences from a grieving nation
13
The oligarchs did not dare permit the telling of the whole truth.
The Iron Heel
14
I know nothing positive; and I dare say I am unnecessarily alarmed.
The Clique of Gold
15
I can fit it in before the choir practice, I dare say.
A Popular Schoolgirl
16
I dare-say he wants the new radiation to be named after him.
Shade's children
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