"dass" meaning in English

See dass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dæs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dass.wav Forms: dasses [present, singular, third-person], dassing [participle, present], dassed [participle, past], dassed [past]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: Compare dare, darest, dast. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dass (third-person singular simple present dasses, present participle dassing, simple past and past participle dassed)
  1. (archaic) To dare. Tags: archaic Related terms: dassn't, dast
    Sense id: en-dass-en-verb-i0-nq4UO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 33 0 0 21 1 1 32 1 1 11

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare dare, darest, dast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dasses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dassing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dassed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dassed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1890, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Timothy's Quest, page 58",
          "text": "We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Henry A. Shute, Sequil Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First, page 8",
          "text": "Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it off",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Lawrence Mott, To the credit of the sea, page 72",
          "text": "\"Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never dassed take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Mabel Osgood Wright, Gray lady and the birds: stories of the bird year for home and school, page 41",
          "text": "You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd dassed said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933, Sammy Lerner, theme from, Popeye the Sailor:",
          "text": "\"If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To dare."
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        "(archaic) To dare."
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        },
        {
          "word": "dast"
        }
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  "etymology_text": "Compare dare, darest, dast.",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "dassed",
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        "Rhymes:English/æs/1 syllable"
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        {
          "ref": "1890, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Timothy's Quest, page 58",
          "text": "We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Henry A. Shute, Sequil Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First, page 8",
          "text": "Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it off",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Lawrence Mott, To the credit of the sea, page 72",
          "text": "\"Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never dassed take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Mabel Osgood Wright, Gray lady and the birds: stories of the bird year for home and school, page 41",
          "text": "You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd dassed said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933, Sammy Lerner, theme from, Popeye the Sailor:",
          "text": "\"If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dare."
      ],
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        [
          "dare",
          "dare"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) To dare."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dass"
}

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