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 orprobable
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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a capital talent which, I daresay, is inherited by these remarkably "world-like" girls of yours.
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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
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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
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I daresay a karate chop at the base of that horn would set the animal back. "
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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I daresay a karate chop at the base of that horn would set the animal back. "
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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I daresay they prefer to leave that aspect to the commissioning editor, and him alone.
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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
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None of this shocks me and I daresay it shouldn't you, either.
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“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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