dare say en · VERB
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |