dare

Definitions

• (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
• (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
• (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
• (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
• (transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.