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   dare

   /dɛː/

   verb

   • 1. have the courage to do something: "a story he dare not write down" Similar be brave enoughhave the couragepluck up couragetake the riskventurehave the nervehave the temeritymake so bold asbe so bold ashave the effronteryhave the audacitypresumego so far asrisk doinghazard doingtake the liberty of doinginformal:stick one's neck outgo out on a limbtake a flyerarchaic:make bold to
   • 2. defy or challenge (someone) to do something: "she was daring him to disagree" Similar challengeprovokegoadtauntdefysummoninvitebidthrow down the gauntlet to
   • 3. take the risk of; brave: literary "few dared his wrath"

   noun

   • 1. a challenge, especially to prove courage: "she ran across a main road for a dare"

   Word Origin Old Englishdurran, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gadaursan, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tharsein and Sanskrit dhṛṣ- ‘be bold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. darer noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   DARE meaning: 1. to be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous, or to be rude or silly enough to do…. Learn more.

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   Dare definition: to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough. See examples of DARE used in a sentence.

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   When you challenge or provoke someone to try something risky, it's a dare. If you accept a dare, you're probably trying to prove how brave you are. When you challenge your friend to a dare, you dare him. You might, for example, dare your brother to jump off the garage into a pile of leaves.