DARE Copy link • DARETo possess courage to do anything, audere; non vereri. both followed by infinitive: hoc sibi sumere, ut, etc. (to take upon one’s self): he dared to ask him, ausus est eum rogare. I dare not take the liberty of reproving you, mihi non sumo tantum neque arrogo, ut te vituperem (Cic.): they durst not stay, non ausi sunt manere: to dare to do anything, audere aliquid: periculum facere alicujus rei (to venture upon it): all things, ultima or extrema audere. To challenge; Vid.