BRAVE

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”

brave, courageous

(adjective) 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”

brave, braw, gay

(adjective) 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”

brave

(noun) people who are brave; “the home of the free and the brave”

brave

(noun) a North American Indian warrior

weather, endure, brave, brave out

(verb) face and withstand with courage; “She braved the elements”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

brave (comparative braver, superlative bravest)

Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

Synonyms: bold, daring, doughty, orped, resilient, stalwart

Antonyms: cowardly, fearful, mean, weak

(obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.

Making a fine show or display.

Synonyms

• (courageous): See also brave

Noun

brave (plural braves)

(dated) A Native American warrior.

(obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

(obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

Verb

brave (third-person singular simple present braves, present participle braving, simple past and past participle braved)

(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

(transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Source: Wiktionary

Brave, a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] Etym: [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.

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, 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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