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ˌoverˈdare, v.
[over- 27, 22, 21.]
1. intr. To be too daring; to dare too much.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. iii. xvi. (1589) 68 And Danger ouer⁓dares, if it from Iustice disagree. a1592H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 483 The young man stalks, the old man stoops, That over-dares, this ever droops. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. i. i, We should be said to overdare in speaking to your nimble deitie.
†2. trans. To surpass in or overcome by daring; to daunt. Obs.
1590Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. iii. v, I am come, As Hector did into the Grecian camp, To overdare the pride of Graecia. c1611Chapman Iliad xx. 116 Let not the spirit of æacides, Be ouer-dar'd; but make him know, the mightiest deities Stand kind to him.
So ˈoverˈdaring vbl. n., the action of daring too much or being too rash; presumptuous boldness.
1614R. Tailor Hog hath lost Pearl ii. in Dodsley O. Pl. (1780) VI. 405 That pride cost them the loss of a limb or two, by over-daring. 1630B. Jonson New Inn iv. iii, Over⁓daring is as great a vice As over-fearing. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxviii. (1674) 106 To quell the over-daring of those Courtiers. |