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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Braving}.] 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. [1913 Webster] These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Brave \Brave\, n. 1. A brave person; one who is daring. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, an Indian warrior. [1913 Webster] 3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. [1913 Webster] Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Brave \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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to {cowardly}; as, a brave man; a brave act. [1913 Webster] 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] [1913 Webster] Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. --Pepys. [1913 Webster] 3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak. [1913 Webster] For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert Greene. [1913 Webster] Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See {Gallant}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {brave}, {courageous}] [ant: {cowardly}, {fearful}] 2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: {audacious}, {brave}, {dauntless}, {fearless}, {hardy}, {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: {brave}, {braw}, {gay}] n 1: a North American Indian warrior 2: people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" [ant: {cautious}, {timid}] v 1: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: {weather}, {endure}, {brave}, {brave out}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: brave /bʀav/ brave; gallant