Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dare; defy.
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- verb transitive To
defy .
Etymologies
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From be- + dare.
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Examples
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Delacroix had a studio to the south; she also would 'bedare the sun.'
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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It was brave and ardent, like a young eaglet, "with eyes intentive to bedare the sun;" but it had its traditions to lay down, its experience to buy, and large sections of its military lesson still to learn.
Fields of Victory Humphry Ward 1885
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