Brave
Brave ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[French brave, Italian or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. Latin barbarus. See Barbarous, and compare 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. [Obsolete or Archaic as applied to material things.]
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
3.
Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
Frog and lizard in holiday coats
And turtle brave in his golden spots.
Brave ({not transcribed}) , noun
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.
2.
Specifically, an Indian warrior.
3.
A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot braves like thee may fight.
4.
A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obsolete]
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
Brave ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
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.
2.
To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obsolete]
Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.