Definition of Overdaring

1. Verb. (present participle of overdare) ¹

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Definition of Overdaring

1. overdare [v] - See also: overdare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdaring

overcuring
overcurious
overcuriously
overcut
overcute
overcuteness
overcuts
overcutting
overdamp
overdamped
overdamping
overdamps
overdare
overdared
overdares
overdaring
overdate
overdated
overdates
overdating
overdeal
overdear
overdeck
overdecked
overdecking
overdecks
overdeclared
overdecorate
overdecorated
overdecorates

Literary usage of Overdaring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1907)
"For what is shamelessness but the insolent refusal to regard the opinion of the better by reason of an overdaring sort of liberty ? Meg. That is most true. ..."

2. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by George Francis Robert Henderson (1898)
"... that he had been overdaring, that it was fortune, and fortune alone, that had saved him from destruction, and Moscow and Vittoria, Leipsic and Waterloo, ..."

3. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1917)
"... from overdaring figurative language; eg, "the wild-beast of affliction buries in my heart the tips of his claws and the points of his teeth. ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"But the first impression was of the unreality of the sight, for the Englishman found himself thinking of the Simla Fine Arts Exhibition and the overdaring ..."

5. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... flying to one another for refuge and succour, when an overdaring hand of a more mighty enemy hath suppressed them, of cunning insinuation spread abroad ..."

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