DARE    敢

ACT OR INTEND to ACT:do something which REQUIRES COURAGE.
BE BRAVE ENOUGHHAVE THE COURAGEVENTUREHAVE THE NERVEHAVE THE TEMERITYBE SO BOLD ASHAVE THE AUDACITYRISKHAZARDTAKE THE LIBERTYSTICK ONE'S NECK OUTGO OUT ON A LIMB
Modern Chinese Criteria
敢 敢於 膽敢 勇於 大膽 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
See also
  • COURAGEVIRTUE OR ATTITUDE of DARING to ACT:carry-out DANGEROUS BUT NECESSARY ACTS.
Hypernym
  • INTEND　DESIRE for what one BELIEVES to be a POSSIBLE:FEASIBLE FUTURE ACT by ONESELF. (anc: 13/0, child: 3)
  • DESIRE　GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.51

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 469

    AUDERE

    470 AUDACIA

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    DARE

    audere is to have the courage to do something that is dangerous.

    moliri is to have the energy and determination to do something that is demanding and difficult to do.

    NB:

    conari is to have the energy to do something difficult but important.

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    audeo 'to intend, dare' [v. II; opt. ausim, pf. ausT] (Naev.+)

    Derivatives: auddx 'daring, bold' (Naev.+), audacia 'boldness, audacity' (P1.+).

    • Words (4 items)

    敢  gǎn OC: klaamʔ MC: kɑm 105 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactshow courage
    • vt(+V[0]）venture to/make bold to, presume to do the contextually determinate thing
    • vt+prep+Nstativehave courage with respect to N
    • vt+V[0]have the temerity to; presume; venture to, have the audacity to (do something in front of a superior); make bold to; take the liberty of V-ing
    • vt+V[0][.postnpro1{SUBJ}]expected answer: no!would I dare? (No!)
    • vt+V[0]rhetorical questionhow could you/I/one venture to V?
    • vt[0]+V[0]may I V?, may I presume to V? Would I presume to? I venture to
    • vt[0]+V[0]expected answer: no!would one dare? [No!]
    竊  qiè OC: tsheed MC: tshet 53 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 願/HOPE The general word for a hope or wish is yuàn 願 (ant. kǒng 恐 "be very much afraid that"), but the word tends to express a hope regarding what someone else might do.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVhumbly
    • vt+V[0]in polite speech: take the liberty of V-ing; humbly permit oneself to, humbly allow oneself to (NB 竊不敢...)
    能  néng MC: noj  OC: nɯɯŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoV[0]be able to have the audacity toCH
    敢以  gǎn yǐ OC: klaamʔ k-lɯʔ MC: kɑm jɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+V[0]venture to V