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Wiktionary

  1. v. archaic Second-person singular present simple form of dare

Etymologies

  1. dare + -est (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “That answer came easily enough: it's some colloquial form of "darest" - "dares" - as in "Nobody dares blame this man.”

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  • “Let's add another sacred entitlement that darest never get reformed or reigned in because social security, medicare, and medicaid aren't bankrupting us fast enough!”

    Democrats planning 1,000 health care reform events

  • “Who darest challenge their pro market driven coven ?”

    The Guardian: Cartoon: Martin Rowson on George Osborne's bright, progressive new dawn

  • “Do I not know, thou filthy weaver of rotten worsted, that thou durst no more cross the threshold of thy own door, if thy wife heard of thy making such a boast, than thou darest cross naked weapons with a boy of twelve years old, who has drawn a sword for the first time of his life?”

    The Fair Maid of Perth

  • “Believe it, and record it, if thou darest, in thy book, that Alexius”

    Count Robert of Paris

  • ““And I will break thy young pate,” said Adam, “if thou darest to lift a finger to me.””

    The Abbot

  • “He then fixed his eyes on the stranger, and said, in a menacing tone, “I think thou darest not betray me or deceive me?””

    The Monastery

  • ““In what is he holier than I am?” said the Grand Master. — “Hermit, prophet, madman — say, if thou darest, in what thou excellest me?””

    The Talisman

  • “Every sort of woe betide thee, if with gurgling trill thou darest — but, as says the text: Let be!”

    Peer Gynt

  • “Devil, who darest thus to sport at once with thy master and with the blessed Saints.”

    Quentin Durward

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