outdare

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Outdare, owt-dār′, v.t. to surpass in daring: to defy.

From Project Gutenberg

You cannot outface consequences nor outdare natural tragedy; no, not even you, Christina Hope!

From Project Gutenberg

At first they are doubtful of such folly as to give up cod fishing for lobster potting in the middle of winter, but eventually Marney's visions of "tons of brass," and the challenge to outwit, outdare the Fosdycks wins them over.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, going to pull down the blinds, he was aware of Oxford beyond the lamplit thoroughfare, with all her spires and domes invisible in the darkness, the immutable city that neither mist nor modern architects could destroy, the immortal academy whose spirit would surely outdare the menace of these reforming Huns armed with Royal Commissions, and wither the cowardly betrayers of her civilization who, even now before the barbarian was at her gates, were cringing to him with offers to sell the half of her heritage of learning.

From Project Gutenberg

He won quickly through the inevitable series of mishaps that rubbed the greenhorn mark away; and he gleefully measured his progress by his ever-growing ability to outpull, outclimb, and outdare the polyglot denizens of the brigantine's forecastle.

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