overdare
overdare verb: to dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
Verb
overdare (third-person singular simple present overdares, present participle overdaring, simple past and past participle overdared)
- To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
- Meete you for this, proud ouerdaring peeres,
Ere my sweete Gaueston shall part from me,
This Ile shall fleete vpon the Ocean,
And wander to the vnfrequented Inde.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC... - When one so great has spoken of love to one
So little as I, though to deny him love,
What can he but hold out beseeching hands,
Then let them fall beside him, knowing how greatly
They have overdared?1912, William Butler Yeats, The Countess Cathleen, Scene III, in Poems, London: T. Fisher Unwin, p. 59
- Meete you for this, proud ouerdaring peeres,
Forms of overdare
| third-person singular present | overdares |
|---|---|
| present participle | overdaring |
| past participle | overdared |
| past | overdared |
Origin of overdare
From over- + dare.
Questions about overdare
- What does overdare mean?
- Overdare means to dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
- What part of speech is overdare?
- Overdare is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overdare?
- The past tense of overdare is overdared.
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