单词 | outdare |
释义 | outdarev. 1. transitive. To overcome by daring; to outbrave, defy. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb] face1570 dare1580 out-countenancec1585 to stand up to1596 outdare1598 to carry it off1663 to take the bull by the horns1711 brave1776 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy > overcome by out-beard1596 outdare1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 40 It was my selfe, my brother and his sonne, That..boldly did outdare The dangers of the time. View more context for this quotation 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iii. 48 The thicke-growne Haw-thorne and the binding Bryer, The Holly that outdares cold winter's ire. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. vi. 42 That they might contemn and out-dare God to his face. a1711 T. Ken Edmund xi, in Wks. (1721) II. 313 All offer'd up ejaculated Prayer, And felt fresh vigour, Danger to outdare. 1842 W. M. Hetherington Hist. Church Scotl. (new ed.) iii. 138 Morton felt himself for once outdared. 1895 Cent. Mag. Feb. 561/1 When his love was there, hers matched itself with his,..to dare and outdare heaven and hell for love's sake. 1977 M. Helprin Refiner's Fire vi. iii. 166 The only way to stop a raider is to raid. The best way to counter his daring is to out~dare him. 2. transitive. To exceed or surpass in daring, to dare more than. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > exceed in daring [verb] overdare1586 outdare1615 1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman ii. iii. sig. Dv Now Cesar, when thou dar'st, wee are prepared. Brittaines would rather die, then be outdared. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. v. 24 Oh Noble Fellow! Who sensibly out-dares his sencelesse Sword. 1674 Govt. Tongue iii. §1 13 All inferior prophaneness is as much outdared by Atheism, as is religion it self. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) V. xxxvi. 318 For Women to Women, thou knowest, are great darers and incentives; not one of them loving to be outdone or outdared, when their hearts are thoroughly warmed. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 113 This Chyrch owre Lesser Buyldyngs all owte-darynge, Lyke to the Moone wythe Starres of lyttle Lyghte. 1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xvii. 283 He will outdo and outdare the other disciples. 1898 Cent. Mag. July 372/2 How, then, had he outdared them all in recklessness? 1938 in G. P. Rawick Amer. Slave (1979) Suppl. 2nd Ser. VII. 2850 We got to a place where some of us could'nt follow de leader or till de leader outdared dem all or til somebody else out dared de leader, den we would choose another leader and starts over again. 1965 Polit. Sci. Q. 80 341 We have out-dared Prometheus. We have grasped the power to destroy mankind with our atomic fire. 1996 Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. They scrapped furiously like kids in the playground trying to outdare each other. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > defiant stout1390 outbraving1593 outfacing1598 dareful1614 defiatory1635 outdaring1644 braving1679 defensive1785 bravadoing1809 defying1834 defianta1837 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 204 Our out-daring enemies. 1656 J. Quarles Elegie on James Usher 4 He Was so acquainted with all misery, That like th'out-daring rocke, no storme could move His soule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1598 |
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