dare
    n 1: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he
         could never refuse a dare" [syn: dare, daring]
    v 1: take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission;
         "How dare you call my lawyer?" [syn: make bold, dare,
         presume]
    2: to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare
       call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"
    3: challenge; "I dare you!" [syn: defy, dare]

Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), 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.] (Zool.)
   A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus,
   formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); --
   called also dare.
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   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.
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.]
   To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dare \Dare\, v. t.
   To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
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         For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
         Would dare a woman.                      --Beau. & Fl.
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   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.
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Dare \Dare\ (d[^a]r), v. i. [imp. Durst (d[^u]rst) or Dared
   (d[^a]rd); p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] [OE. I
   dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare,
   imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta,
   gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar,
   gada['u]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s
   bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.]
   To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be
   bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
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         I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more
         is none.                                 --Shak.
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         Why then did not the ministers use their new law?
         Bacause they durst not, because they could not.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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         Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion.
                                                  --Thackeray.
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         The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood,
         because a partisan was more ready to dare without
         asking why.                              --Jowett
                                                  (Thu?yd.).
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   Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense,
         so that the third person is he dare, but the form he
         dares is now often used, and will probably displace the
         obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect
         as he shalls or he cans. --Skeat.
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               The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead).
                                                  --P. Plowman.
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               You know one dare not discover you. --Dryden.
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               The fellow dares not deceive me.   --Shak.
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               Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed
               Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.
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   Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes
         the old form dare is found for durst or dared.
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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.
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            What high concentration of steady feeling makes men
            dare every thing and do anything?     --Bagehot.
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            To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.
                                                  --The Century.
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   2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
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            Time, I dare thee to discover
            Such a youth and such a lover.        --Dryden.
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Dare \Dare\, n.
   1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
      [R.]
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            It lends a luster . . .
            A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak.
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   2. Defiance; challenge.
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            Childish, unworthy dares
            Are not enought to part our powers.   --Chapman.
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            Sextus Pompeius
            Hath given the dare to C[ae]sar.      --Shak.
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Dare \Dare\, n. [See Dace.] (Zool.)
   A small fish; the dace.
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DARE

   Differential Analyzer REplacement.  A family of simulation
   languages for continuous systems.

   ["Digital Continuous System Simulation", G.A. Korn et al, P-H
   1978].

Dare -- U.S. County in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    29967
   Housing Units (2000): 26671
   Land area (2000):     383.577313 sq. miles (993.460639 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1177.933245 sq. miles (3050.832970 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1561.510558 sq. miles (4044.293609 sq. km)
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             35.839903 N, 75.656282 W
   Headwords:
    Dare
    Dare, NC
    Dare County
    Dare County, NC