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   Brave , a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.]
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   Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
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   Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.]
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   Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
   Bacon.
   
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   It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
   Pepys.
   
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   Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
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   Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
   Shak.
   
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   For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
   In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
   Robert Greene.
   
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   Frog and lizard in holiday coats
   And turtle brave in his golden spots.
   Emerson.
   
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   Syn. -- Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant.
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   Brave , n.
   A brave person; one who is daring.
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   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.
   
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   Specifically, an Indian warrior.
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   A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
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   Hot braves like thee may fight.
   Dryden.
   
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   A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
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   Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
   And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
   Shak.
   
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   Brave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.]
   To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
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   These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
   Dryden.
   
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   To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
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   Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.
   Shak.
   
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