See also: Dare, DARE, daré, darė, darë, dåre , and даре

English [ edit ]

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Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dʰers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).

Verb [ edit ]

dare (third-person singular simple present dare or dares, present participle daring, simple past and past participle dared or (archaic) durst)

Usage notes [ edit ]

Dare is a semimodal verb. When used as an auxiliary, the speaker can choose whether to use do-support and the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go", "I dare not go", "I didn't dare (to) go", and "I dared not go" are all correct. Similarly "Dare you go?", "Do you dare (to) go?", "Dared you go?", and "Did you dare (to) go?" are all correct. When not an auxiliary verb, it is different: "I dared him to do it." usually is not written as "I dared him do it.", and "Did you dare him to do it?" is almost never written as "Dared you him do it?"

is a semimodal verb. When used as an auxiliary, the speaker can choose whether to use do-support and the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go", "I dare not go", "I didn't dare (to) go", and "I dared not go" are all correct. Similarly "Dare you go?", "Do you dare (to) go?", "Dared you go?", and "Did you dare (to) go?" are all correct. When not an auxiliary verb, it is different: "I dared him to do it." usually is not written as "I dared him do it.", and "Did you dare him to do it?" is almost never written as "Dared you him do it?" In negative and interrogative sentences where "do" is not used, the third-person singular form of the verb is usually "dare" and not "dares": "Dare he go? He dare not go."

Colloquially, "dare not" can be contracted to "daren't". According to the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, "daren’t" is used occasionally in ordinary past time contexts ( Kim daren’t tell them so I had to do it myself ).

). Rare regional forms dassn't and dasn't also exists in the present tense and archaic forms dursn't and durstn't in the past tense.

The expression dare say , used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt daresay .

, used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt . Historically, the simple past of dare was durst. In the 1830s, it was overtaken by dared, which has been markedly more common ever since.

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Translations to be checked Esperanto: (please verify) kuraĝi

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Noun [ edit ]

dare (plural dares)

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Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Middle English, from Old English darian.

Verb [ edit ]

dare (third-person singular simple present dares, present participle daring, simple past and past participle dared)

( obsolete ) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified. ( obsolete ) To lie or crouch down in fear.

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

dare (plural dares)

A small fish, the dace. 1766, Richard Brookes, The art of angling, rock and sea-fishing : The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

(See the entry for dare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams [ edit ]

Crimean Tatar [ edit ]

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Italian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō, from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

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dare

( transitive ) to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else ( transitive ) to yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return

Usage notes [ edit ]

The imperative forms of the second-person singular are compounded with pronouns as follows:

Conjugation [ edit ]

Conjugation of dare infinitive dare auxiliary verb avere gerund dando present participle dante past participle dato person singular plural first second third first second third indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present do dai dà diamo date danno imperfect davo davi dava davamo davate davano past historic diedi detti desti diede dette demmo deste diedero dettero future darò darai darà daremo darete daranno conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present darei daresti darebbe daremmo dareste darebbero subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse present dia dia dia diamo diate diano imperfect dessi dessi desse dessimo deste dessero imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro dà da' dai non dare dia diamo date diano

Derived terms [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

dare m (plural dari)

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Romanization [ edit ]

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だれ Rōmaji transcription of

Latin [ edit ]

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Leonese [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō, from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).





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dare

to give

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dare ? (plural dares)

( , anatomy continental Normandy ) belly, stomach

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ventre ( Jersey , Guernsey ) , vãtr ( Sark )

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