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Brave a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.]
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.