name, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of dare archaic, dialectal, form-of, participle, past

   "Traditional rhyme Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

defymake boldadventureaffrontaim toassume

Example

More examples

"Further than that they durst not go."

Etymology

From the German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).

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