Part 1355

<blockquote>In spite of our host's <b>bravado</b>. <i>Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brave</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Braver</er>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Bravest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>brave</ets>, It. or Sp. <ets>bravo</ets>, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. <ets>barbarus</ets>. See <er>Barbarous</er>, and cf. <er>Bravo</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to <i>cowardly</i>; <as>as, a <ex>brave</ex> man; a <ex>brave</ex> act.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.</def> <mark>[Obs. or <i>Archaic</i> as applied to material things.]</mark>

<blockquote>Iron is a <b>brave</b> commodity where wood aboundeth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It being a <b>brave</b> day, I walked to Whitehall. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Making a fine show or display.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Wear my dagger with the <b>braver</b> grace. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For I have gold, and therefore will be <b>brave</b>. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. <i>Robert Greene.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle <b>brave</b> in his golden spots. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See <er>Gallant</er>.</syn>

<h1>Brave</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A brave person; one who is daring.</def>

<blockquote>The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the <b>brave</b>. <i>F. S. Key.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, an Indian warrior.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.</def>

<blockquote>Hot <b>braves</b> like thee may fight. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A challenge; a defiance; bravado.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with <b>braves</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brave</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Braved</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Braving</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.</def>

<blockquote>These I can <b>brave</b>, but those I can not bear. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adorn; to make fine or showy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast <b>braved</b> meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bravely</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brave"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.</def>