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Brave   /breɪv/   Listen
Brave

adjective
(compar. braver; superl. bravest)
1.
Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.  Synonym: courageous.  "A frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain" , "Set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
2.
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.  Synonyms: audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing.  "Fearless reporters and photographers" , "Intrepid pioneers"
3.
Brightly colored and showy.  Synonyms: braw, gay.  "Brave banners flying" , "'braw' is a Scottish word" , "A dress a bit too gay for her years" , "Birds with gay plumage"
verb
(past & past part. braved; pres. part. braving)
1.
Face and withstand with courage.  Synonyms: brave out, endure, weather.
noun
1.
A North American Indian warrior.
2.
People who are brave.



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"Brave" Quotes from Famous Books



... place where the horse was, he stopped, and bethought him, "How shall I break through the twelve gates?" At last he made the attempt, and presently broke down one gate; then the steed perceived by his scent the presence of the brave youth, and with a great effort burst his chains; and then Lyubim Tsarevich broke through three more gates, and the steed trampled down the rest. Then Lyubim Tsarevich surveyed the steed and the armour; and put on the armour, but left the steed in the ...
— The Russian Garland - being Russian Falk Tales • Various
... foreign land. Ah, my friends, if these men had but sought first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; if the great wealth, and the wonderful industry and prudence of Russia had been but spent in doing justly, and loving mercy, what a rich and honourable country of brave and industrious Christian men might Russia be; a blessing, and not a curse, to ...
— Sermons for the Times • Charles Kingsley
... so the helmsman answered, 'Know the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers ...
— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling
... affairs, considerably increased by the middle of the century, is also reflected in the collection. In 1866 the life of the Czar of Russia was saved from a Nihilist's bullet by the brave action of one of the serfs who had recently been emancipated by royal decree. Czar Alexander II was well liked by his own people and was regarded as an enlightened ruler by the other nations of the West. He was especially respected in the United States because of the open support he gave ...
— Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology • Margaret Brown Klapthor
... wilt loath leane darknesse like thy death. Who would beleeve thy mettall could let sloth Rust and consume it? If Themistocles 65 Had liv'd obscur'd thus in th'Athenian State, Xerxes had made both him and it his slaves. If brave Camillus had lurckt so in Rome, He had not five times beene Dictator there, Nor foure times triumpht. If Epaminondas 70 (Who liv'd twice twenty yeeres obscur'd in Thebs) Had liv'd so still, he had beene still unnam'd, And paid his ...
— Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois • George Chapman


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