outˈdare, v.
[out- 18, 18 c.]
1. trans. To overcome by daring; to outbrave, defy.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, v. i. 40 It was my Self, my Brother, and his Sonne, That..boldly did out-dare The danger of the time. 1613 W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iii, The holly that outdares cold winter's ire. 1677 Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 36 That they might contemn and outdare God to His face. a 1711 Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 313 All offer'd up ejaculated Prayer, And felt fresh vigour, Danger to outdare. |
2. To exceed or surpass in daring, to dare more than.
| 1607 Shakes. Cor. i. iv. 53 Oh Noble Fellow! Who sensibly out-dares his sencelesse Sword. 1674 Govt. Tongue iii. §i. (1684) 109 All inferior prophaneness is as much outdared by Atheism, as is religion it self. 1846 Trench Mirac. xvii. (1862) 283 He will outdo and outdare the other disciples. |
Hence outdared, outdaring ppl. adjs.
| 1593 Shakes. Rich. II, i. i. 190 Shall I seeme Crest-falne in my fathers sight,..Before this out-dar'd dastard? 1644 Vicars God in Mount 204 Our out-daring enemies. |