Durst

Meaning

of Dare

of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

Synonyms

Examples

But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be Within that circle none durst walk but he. John Dryden

For all men would be cowards if they durst. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

I would have looked up from the Cross, but I durst not. For I wist well that while I beheld in the Cross I was surely-safe; therefore I would not assent to put my soul in peril: for away from the Cross was no sureness, for frighting of fiends. Julian of Norwich

If any ask, with what Confidence I durst adventure upon a Task so unusuall, as interpreting of Letters committed to Cipher; I shall only give this plain Account thereof. John Wallis

Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. Samuel Johnson

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. Elizabeth I of England

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