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Definition of Overdaring
1. overdare [v] - See also: overdare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdaring
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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