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Definition of dare

Dare
Dare Dare, n. [See Dace.] (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; the dace.
Dare
Dare Dare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] 1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? --Bagehot. To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. --The Century. 2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy. Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. --Dryden.
Dare
Dare Dare, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak. 2. Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. --Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C[ae]sar. --Shak.
Dare
Dare Dare, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Dare
Dare Dare, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl. To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares.
dare
Dace Dace, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin.

Meaning of dare from wikipedia

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- The daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Empire....