Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of defiance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.
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- adjective Full of
daring ordefiance ;adventurous .
Etymologies
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dare + -ful
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Examples
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Our dareful King that rules the monsters of the deep, [67] struck excessive terror into all the regions of the western ocean.
The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. 1214-1284 Sturla ����r��arson 1249
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"I ban't a dareful man," he replied, "that would run down the road in daylight for the whole nation to see, and I be terr'ble weak in the legs, so I just crept out in the night, so quiet as a star-beam, and sheltered in the orchard yonder, till I seed the rod fairly put in my hand by the
Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920
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