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durst

/dɝst/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To have enough courage (to do something).
  2. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
  3. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
  4. To terrify; to daunt.
  5. To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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