bedare

From be- +‎ dare.

• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

bedare (third-person singular simple present bedares, present participle bedaring, simple past and past participle bedared or bedurst)

1. (transitive) To defy.
   • 1829, George Peele, Alexander Dyce, The Works of George Peele:

     Lets fall the fowl, and is emboldened / With eyes intentive to bedare the sun, […]

• abreed, bardee, beader, bearde, beared, bedear, beread, breade

From Middle Low German bedōren (“to fool”), derived from dōre (“fool”), from Proto-Germanic *dauzô. Compare German betören (“to bewitch”).

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈd̥ɒˀɒ]

bedare (imperative bedår, infinitive at bedåre, present tense bedårer, past tense bedårede, perfect tense har bedåret)

1. to charm, captivate
2. (archaic) to fool

bedare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bedaren