daresay

Or dare say

[dair-sey]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to venture to say (something); assume (something) as probable (used only in present sing. 1st person).

   I daresay we will soon finish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daresay¹

1250–1300; Middle English dar sayen I dare to say

Example Sentences

“Blast! I’m not quite sure how all of you ended up here in my house. But I daresay it feels perfectly at home having you about. The more the merrier, I suppose!”

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I daresay they find it infuriating.

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I daresay we know more about the Beatles than any other pop band in history — their music, their less than private private lives, their fab gear, where they were and what they were doing nearly every day of their eventful career.

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I daresay watermelon is summer’s most darling melon.

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“When the villain has motivation, a mission, an ego, when there’s a humanity inside there, even though Maestro is objectively pretty evil, they believe in what they’re doing. There’s a layer of, I daresay, an inferiority complex derived from daddy issues.”

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