dare

Mane (English)

Verb

1. To have enough courage (to do something).
2. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
3. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
4. To terrify; to daunt.
5. To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.

Noun

1. A challenge to prove courage.
2. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
3. Defiance; challenge.
4. In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.

Noun

A small fish, the dace

Synonyms

venture

challenge

risk

defy

be bold

bold

brave

presume

daring

hazard

be brave

be fearless

make bold

be audacious

provoke

defiance

be courageous

pretend

adventure

have the nerve

encounter

pluck up courage

attempt

confront

subpoena

summon

summons

throw down the gauntlet

provocation

may

meddle

mock

monition

must

mutiny

outface

pick

⛏️

process

resolved

service

serving

slight

snub

stake

sue

take a chance

take heart

tempt

try

watch out

weather

writ

be insolent

call forth

come up against

grow bold

judicial writ

need to

swear out

take upon oneself

woe to

go as far as

test of courage

be brassy enough to

be heroic

be intense

be plucky

be undaunted

be unshamed

face danger

reform one’s conduct

take adventure

take the risk

invite to contest

service of process

use courage

process of monition

have face

have the courage

be affected

beard

beget

breast

bring about

bring on

call out

can

capable

cause

citation

cite

cope

dace

definitely

demand

engender

envisage

evoke

fetch

flout

front

gantlet

gauntlet

ignore

interfere

intrude

invite

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/dɛə(ɹ)/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: durren

Inherited from Old English: durran

Cognate with nedersaksî: dören

Cognate with holendî: durven

Cognate with almanî: turren

Cognate with sanskrîtî: दधर्ष

Cognate with Ancient Greek: θρασύς

Cognate with elbanî: nder

Cognate with lîtwanî: drįsti

Cognate with rûsî: дерза́ть

In summary

From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, 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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, German turren, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).