Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DARING
audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
(adjective) disposed to venture or take risks; “audacious visions of the total conquest of space”; “an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas”; “the most daring of contemporary fiction writers”; “a venturesome investor”; “a venturous spirit”
daring, avant-garde
(adjective) radically new or original; “an avant-garde theater piece”
boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood
(noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; “the proposal required great boldness”; “the plan required great hardiness of heart”
dare, daring
(noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; “he could never refuse a dare”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
daring
present participle of dare
Adjective
daring (comparative more daring, superlative most daring)
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
Racy; sexually provocative.
Synonyms
• (adventurous): audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome
• (courageous): See brave
Noun
daring (usually uncountable, plural darings)
Boldness.
Synonyms
• boldness; see also courage
Anagrams
• Dargin, Gardin, drag in, gradin, radgin
Source: Wiktionary
Dar"ing, n.
Definition: Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
Dar"ing, a.
Definition: Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
– Dar"ing*ly, adv.
– Dar"ing*ness, n.
DARE
Dare, v. i. [imp. Durst or Dared (; p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] Etym: [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, gadaĂşrsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. sq. root70.]
Definition: To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu
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. The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). P. Plowman. You know one dare not discover you. Dryden. The fellow dares nopt deceide me. Shak. Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimly snail dare creep. Beau. & Fl.
Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.
Dare, v. y. [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, 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 Cæsar. Shak.
Dare, v. i. Etym: [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.]
Definition: To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dare, v. t.
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [See Dace.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small fish; the dace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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