Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To think very likely or almost certain; suppose. Used in the first person singular present tense.
  • intransitive verb To suppose; conjecture. Used in the first person singular present tense.

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  • verb intransitive to think that something is likely or probable

Etymologies

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dare +‎ say

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Examples

  • The greatest danger to our democracy, I daresay, is not that the communists will destroy it, but that we will betray it by the very means chosen to defend it.

    The New Look in U.S. Policy 1969

  • a capital talent which, I daresay, is inherited by these remarkably "world-like" girls of yours.

    New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

  • You think them very fine, I daresay, that is because his lashes are as thick and dark as a woman's -- but the look in them, my dear -- do you know what it reminds me of?

    The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

  • She did not "daresay" anything of the sort -- there was a deal too much vanity in her composition to willingly give up any homage that had once been offered to her; but the supposition served as a salve for her conscience, which in the matter was not altogether easy, for in her letters to Rowley, and she wrote to him every day, she had never said a single syllable of having seen Teddy.

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

  • I daresay a karate chop at the base of that horn would set the animal back. "

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • I daresay a karate chop at the base of that horn would set the animal back. "

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • I daresay they prefer to leave that aspect to the commissioning editor, and him alone.

    A little breathing space 2009

  • Description: You have a pronounced chin; I daresay there was a cleft in it.

    Casting the Detectives: Crime Fiction's Biggest Movie Stars Monika Anderson 2012

  • None of this shocks me and I daresay it shouldn't you, either.

    Vet's view: Clooney gal pal lets cat out of the bag 2011

  • “I daresay there are some people here who want to thank you and your team.”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

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