This verb suggests bold, even presumptuous daring—the audacity to venture something risky or controversial. Classical sources use it for making a bold attempt at something or speaking with excessive freedom. The perfect participle carries the sense of having become too presumptuous or audacious. Paul quotes Isaiah using this verb to describe God's surprising boldness: 'I was found by those who were not seeking me; I became manifest to those who were not asking for me'—God's audacious self-revelation to the Gentiles.