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Jun 13, 2012 This week's theme Verbs This week's words ratiocinate redound daunt exculpate perdure Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg daunt PRONUNCIATION: (dahnt) MEANING: verb tr.: To intimidate; to dishearten or discourage. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French danter, from Latin domitare (to tame), frequentative of domare (to tame). Earliest documented use: around 1300. USAGE: "Constant attacks by the Dolphins didn't daunt the Eagles' defensive line." Jan Aquino; Dolphins, Friars to Face Off for Title; Pacific Daily News (Hagatna, Guam); May 17, 2011. Explore "daunt" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. -Billie Holiday, jazz singer and songwriter (1915-1959)

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