Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brave"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brave \Brave\ (br[=a]v), 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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brave \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved} (br[=a]vd); 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

brave
adj 1: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with
danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with
danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"-
Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed
over pain"- William Wordsworth"; "set a courageous
example by leading them safely into and out of
enemy-held territory" [syn: {courageous}, {fearless}]
[ant: {cowardly}]
2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers";
"fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid
pioneers" [syn: {audacious}, {dauntless}, {fearless}, {intrepid},
{unfearing}]
3: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new
dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish
word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with
gay plumage" [syn: {braw}, {gay}]
n 1: a North American Indian warrior
2: people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
[ant: {timid}]
v : face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn:
{weather}, {endure}, {brave out}]


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