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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dare say en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, intransitive, qualifier:originally, uncommon) Alternative form of daresay.
    alt of daresay
    • The kitchen window was open. I asked Sydney if he had left it so. ‘I don’t know, — I dare say we did; I don’t fancy that either of us stood on the order of his coming.’ 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dare say Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
durst say Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
durst say Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part archaic lexicographic
daring to say Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dares say Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dared say Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dared say Tense=Past lexicographic