osare

From Late Latin ausāre, frequentative from Latin audēre.

• IPA^(key): /oˈza.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: o‧sà‧re

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1. (transitive) to dare, venture, used with the infinitive (sometimes preceded by di)

   Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi (a), azzardarsi (a)

   • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno‎, lines 43–45; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:

     Io non osava scender de la strada
     per andar par di lui; ma ’l capo chino
     tenea com’ uom che reverente vada.

     I did not dare to go down from the road level to walk with him; but my head bowed I held as one who goes reverently.

   • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 106:

     Pera colui che prima osò la mano
     Armata alzar su l’innocente agnella,
     E sul placido bue […]

     May the one who first dared lay his armed hand on the innocent lamb and the peaceful ox die

2. (intransitive) to dare (to have courage)

   Synonyms: ardire, arrischiarsi

   Bisogna saper osare ― One must learn to be daring (literally, “It is necessary to be able to dare”)

3. (transitive) to risk, attempt, followed by an object

   Synonyms: provare (a), tentare (di)

4. (transitive) to dare, used to attenuate the force of a statement or request

   Oserei dire che... ― I would dare say that...

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• osabile

• osare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Asero, Esaro, Serao, eraso, erosa, oserà, rosea

osare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of osar