Brave , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved
(brāvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
Brave (&?;), n.
1. 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.
2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot braves like thee may fight.
Dryden.
4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
[Obs.]
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And
so in this,
to bear me down with braves.
Shak.
Brave (brāv), a. [Compar. Braver;
superl. Bravest.]
[F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.]
1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed
to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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