1. Risquer. Il ose le tout pour le tout.
2. Se permettre de. Il ose prétendre ŕ cet emploi.
ETYM Old Eng. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.
To be courageous enough to try or do something:.
1. To put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
1. To assume or accept without confirmation or forethought.
2. To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.