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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}.
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