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Definition of Durst
1. imp. of Dare. See Dare,
Definition of Durst
1. Verb. (archaic) (simple past of dare) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Durst
1. dare [v] - See also: dare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durst
Literary usage of Durst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"They never durst determine whether they were Absolutions or Compensations ;
whether they only take off the penances actually imposed by the Confessor, ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... favorite page Was left behind to spare his age; Or other if they deemed, none
dared To mutter what he thought and heard: Woe to the vassal who durst pry ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He ceased ; nor white-arm Here durst reply. Sank then in Ocean down the Sun's
bright light, 550 Drawing night's curtain o'er the fruitful earth : Troy ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"... and those that durst not so much as mutter against them in their lives, will
prosecute their name with Satyrs, Libels, and bitter imprecations, ..."
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