Brave

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.

   It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.

3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]

   Wear my dagger with the braver grace.

   For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color.

   Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots.

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.

2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

   Hot braves like thee may fight.

4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]

   Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves.

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.

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.