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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brave  \Brave\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Braved}  (br[=a]vd);  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. 




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