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BRAVE, a.

1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as a brave warrior. It usually unites the sense of courage with generosity and dignity of mind; qualities often united.

The brave man will not deliberately do an injury to his fellow man.

2. Gallant; lofty; graceful; having a noble mien.

3. Magnificent; grand; as a brave place.

4. Excellent; noble; dignified. But in modern usage, it has nearly lost its application to things.

5. Gaudy; showy in dress.

BRAVE, n. A hector; a man daring beyond discretion or decency.

Hot braves like these may fight.

1. A boast; a challenge; a defiance.

BRAVE, v.t. To defy; to challenge; to encounter with courage and fortitude, or without being moved; to set at defiance.

The ills of love I can brave.

The rock that braves the tempest.

1. To carry a boasting appearance of; as, to brave that which they believe not.


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BRAVE, a.

1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as a brave warrior. It usually unites the sense of courage with generosity and dignity of mind; qualities often united.

The brave man will not deliberately do an injury to his fellow man.

2. Gallant; lofty; graceful; having a noble mien.

3. Magnificent; grand; as a brave place.

4. Excellent; noble; dignified. But in modern usage, it has nearly lost its application to things.

5. Gaudy; showy in dress.

BRAVE, n. A hector; a man daring beyond discretion or decency.

Hot braves like these may fight.

1. A boast; a challenge; a defiance.

BRAVE, v.t. To defy; to challenge; to encounter with courage and fortitude, or without being moved; to set at defiance.

The ills of love I can brave.

The rock that braves the tempest.

1. To carry a boasting appearance of; as, to brave that which they believe not.

BRAVE, a. [Fr. brave; Arm. brao; Sp. Port. It. bravo; D. braaf; Sw. braf; Dan. brav; Ger. brav, whence braviren, to look big, to bully or hector. In Sp. and Port. bravo signifies brave, valiant, strenuous, bullying, fierce, wild, savage, rude, unpolished, excellent, fine; bravear, to bully, to menace in an arrogant manner; brava is a swell of the sea; braveza, valor, and fury of the elements. The word brave expresses also a showy dress; Arm. bragal, to be well dressed, fine, spruce, of which brao seems to be a contraction. The word bears the sense of open, bold, expanding, and rushing, vaunting. It is doubtless contracted, and probably from the root of brag.]

  1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as, a brave warrior. It usually unites the sense of courage with generosity and dignity of mind, qualities often united. – Bacon. The brave man will not deliberately do an injury to his fellow man. – Anon.
  2. Gallant; lofty; graceful; having a noble mien. – Shak.
  3. Magnificent; grand; as, a brave place. – Denham.
  4. Excellent; noble; dignified. But in modern usage, it has nearly lost its application to things.
  5. Gaudy; showy in dress. [Ar. بَرَقَ baraka, to adorn.] [Obs.] – Spenser.

BRAVE, n.

  1. A hector; a man daring beyond discretion or decency. Hot braves like thee may fight. – Dryden.
  2. A boast; a challenge; a defiance. – Shak.

BRAVE, v.t.

  1. To defy; to challenge; to encounter with courage and fortitude, or without being moved; to set at defiance. The ills of love I can brave. The rock that braves the tempest. – Dryden.
  2. To carry a boasting appearance of; as, to brave that which they believe not. – Bacon.

Brave
  1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
  2. A brave person; one who is daring.

    The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave
    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
    F. S. Key.

  3. To encounter with courage and fortitude] to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.

    These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
    Dryden.

  4. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.

    [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.]

    Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
    Bacon.

    It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
    Pepys.

  5. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
  6. To adorn; to make fine or showy.

    [Obs.]

    Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.
    Shak.

  7. Making a fine show or display.

    [Archaic]

    Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
    Shak.

    For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
    In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
    Robert Greene.

    Frog and lizard in holiday coats
    And turtle brave in his golden spots.
    Emerson.

    Syn. -- Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout- hearted. See Gallant.

  8. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

    Hot braves like thee may fight.
    Dryden.

  9. A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

    [Obs.]

    Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
    And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
    Shak.

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Brave

BRAVE, adjective

1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as a brave warrior. It usually unites the sense of courage with generosity and dignity of mind; qualities often united.

The brave man will not deliberately do an injury to his fellow man.

2. Gallant; lofty; graceful; having a noble mien.

3. Magnificent; grand; as a brave place.

4. Excellent; noble; dignified. But in modern usage, it has nearly lost its application to things.

5. Gaudy; showy in dress.

BRAVE, noun A hector; a man daring beyond discretion or decency.

Hot braves like these may fight.

1. A boast; a challenge; a defiance.

BRAVE, verb transitive To defy; to challenge; to encounter with courage and fortitude, or without being moved; to set at defiance.

The ills of love I can brave

The rock that braves the tempest.

1. To carry a boasting appearance of; as, to brave that which they believe not.

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