Verb

1. To have enough courage (to do something).

   I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.

2. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)

   I dare you to kiss that girl.

3. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to

   Will you dare death to reach your goal?

Usage notes

• Dare is a semi-modal verb. The speaker can choose whether to use the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go" and "I dare not go" are both correct. Similarly "Dare you go?" and "Do you dare (to) go?" are both correct.
• In negative and interrogative sentences where "do" is not used, the third-person singular form of the verb is usually "dare" and not "dares": "Dare he go? He dare not go."
• Colloquially, "dare not" can be contracted to "daren't".
• The expression dare say, used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt daresay.

Verb

1. To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
2. To yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• dacci
• dagli
• dagliela, dagliele, daglieli, daglielo
• dalle
• dammi