brave
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See also: bravé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brave (comparative braver, superlative bravest)
- Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
- 1578–1579, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale. [...] Dedicated to the Right Honorable the Ladie Compton and Mountegle”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. Whereof the Next Page Maketh Mention[1], London: Imprinted for VVilliam Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bishops head, published 1591, OCLC 84758486:
- For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 21:
- Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.
- 1987, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:
- […] he has been so brave, giving it all a dignity.
- (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Plantations
- Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
- February 18, 1666, Samuel Pepys,, diary entry
- It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Plantations
- Making a fine show or display.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:
- Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
- 1611, John Cooke, Greene's Tu Quoque
- For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. / In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
- 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-Day
- Frog and lizard in holiday coats / And turtle brave in his golden spots.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
- So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Synonyms[edit]
- (courageous): See also Thesaurus:brave
Translations[edit]
strong in the face of fear
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Noun[edit]
brave (plural braves)
- (dated) A Native American warrior.
- (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
- 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence
- Hot braves like thee may fight.
- 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence
- (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
- c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
- Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
Translations[edit]
native American warrior
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Verb[edit]
brave (third-person singular simple present braves, present participle braving, simple past and past participle braved)
- (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act IV, sc. 3:
- For Cassius is aweary of the world;
- Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother;
- Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed,
- Set in a notebook, learned, and conned by rote,
- To cast into my teeth.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards:
- The ills of Love, not those of Fate, I fear,
- These I can brave, but those I cannot bear […]
- 1773, A Farmer, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, Number 53, December 2
- […] but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.
- After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act IV, sc. 3:
- (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
- ca. 1590–92, William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, sc. 3 (addressed to a tailor; first use in sense of "adorn", second and third uses in sense of "confront"):
- Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave
- not me. I will neither be faced nor braved.
- ca. 1590–92, William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, sc. 3 (addressed to a tailor; first use in sense of "adorn", second and third uses in sense of "confront"):
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Translations[edit]
to encounter with courage
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References[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
brave
Etymology 2[edit]
Interjection[edit]
brave
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Italian bravo. Compare Spanish, Portuguese bravo. Doublet of bravo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brave (plural braves)
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
brave m (plural braves)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “brave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aːvə
Adjective[edit]
brave
- inflection of brav:
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brave
- Feminine plural of adjective bravo.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin *bravus.
Adjective[edit]
brave m or f
Derived terms[edit]
- bravement (“bravely”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brave
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Verb[edit]
brave
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of brūti (“to say”)
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