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In obsolete terms the difference between bold and dare

is that bold is a dwelling; habitation; building while dare is to lie or crouch down in fear.

In transitive terms the difference between bold and dare

is that bold is to make (a font or some text) bold while dare is 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.

As an adjective bold

is courageous, daring.

As a proper noun DARE is

abbreviation of w:Dictionary of American Regional English|Dictionary of American Regional English|lang=en.

bold

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
    • Related terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .

    Adjective

    (boldness) (er)
  • Courageous, daring.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
  • (of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  • Presumptuous.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 9.
    • even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
    Synonyms
    * (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward * See also
    Related terms
    * embolden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a font or some text) bold.
  • (obsolete) To make bold or daring.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To become bold.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    dare

    English

    (wikipedia dare)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) durran, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To have enough courage (to do something).
    • I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The fellow dares not deceive me.
  • * Macaulay
    • Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Because they durst not, because they could not.
  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
    • I dare you to kiss that girl.
  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
    • Will you dare death to reach your goal?
  • * The Century
    • To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.
  • To terrify; to daunt.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, / Would dare a woman.
  • 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.
    • (Nares)
    Usage notes
    * Dare is a semimodal 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 . * Historically, the simple past of dare was durst. In the 1830s, it was overtaken by dared, which has been markedly more common ever since.
    Derived terms
    * daredevil * daren't * daresay * daresn't

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A challenge to prove courage.
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It lends a lustre / A large dare to our great enterprise.
  • defiance; challenge
  • * Chapman
    • Childish, unworthy dares / Are not enought to part our powers.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sextus Pompeius / Hath given the dare to Caesar.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) darian.

    Verb

    (dar)
  • (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
  • (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
  • *, Bk.XX, ch.xix:
  • *:‘Sir, here bene knyghtes com of kyngis blod that woll nat longe droupe and dare within thys wallys.’

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small fish, the dace.
  • * 1766 , Richard Brookes, The art of angling, rock and sea-fishing
    • The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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