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 Dare, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
 For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
 Would dare a woman.   --Beau. & Fl.
 To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.