daring

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DA'RING, participle present tense 1. Having courage sufficient for a purpose; challenging; defying. 2. adjective Bold; courageous; intrepid; fearless; adventurous; brave; stout. Grieve not, O daring prince, that noble heart. Pope. 3. Audacious; impudently bold and defying; as in heaven-daring, defying Almighty power.
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