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# darest

verb, form of dare with thou

«darest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Has the courage to do something, with "thou" as the subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/darest/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "dare" with "you."

### Examples

- "Darest thou to follow me?" asked the form. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/darest/#x1)
- ‘Rash youth that thou art, darest thou speak thus to Arthur? (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/darest/#x2)
- “Strike then, Bogle, if thou darest,” shouted out Childe Rowland, and rushed to meet him with his good brand that never yet did fail. (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/darest/#x3)

### Note

Today: dare.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «darest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/darest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«darest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/darest.html) on Mova free.