Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-dare
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Meete you for this, proud ouerdaring peeres, Ere my sweete Gaueston shall part from me, This Ile shall fleete vpon the Ocean, And wander to the vnfrequented Inde."
"1912, William Butler Yeats, The Countess Cathleen, Scene III, in Poems, London: T. Fisher Unwin, p. 59, When one so great has spoken of love to one So little as I, though to deny him love, What can he but hold out beseeching hands, Then let them fall beside him, knowing how greatly They have overdared?"

Etymology

From over- + dare.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

overdares (present, singular) overdaring (participle, present) overdared (participle, past) overdared (past)

Questions

What does overdare mean?: To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
Where does overdare come from?: From over- + dare.

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