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dessay

dessay is the pronunciation spelling of daresay.

Meaning of daresay

Verb

daresay (third-person singular simple present daresays, present participle daresaying, simple past and past participle daresayed or daresaid)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, originally) Chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert.
    • [H]e daresays he has had conversations with Goodfellow after the sale of the property, and Goodfellow seemed satisfied that the declarant was to get payment of his money.1834 January 29, Patrick Shaw; Alexander Dunlop; J. M. Bell, reporters, “John Adamson, Advocator.—Skene—Outram. Walter Adamson, Respondent.—Jameson—Christison.”, in Cases Decided in the Court of...
  2. (broadly, intransitive) Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker believes something is likely to be the case); to think something probable; to presume.
    • Are you going to stay up all night? I daresay that I am.

Questions about dessay

What is dessay the pronunciation spelling of?
Dessay is the pronunciation spelling of daresay.

Words near dessay in the dictionary

  1. Desroches
  2. Desrosiers
  3. dess
  4. Dessau
  5. dessauite
  6. dessay
  7. dessaye
  8. dessayes
  9. Desserah
  10. dessert
  11. dessert bar

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