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单词 brave
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braveadj.n.int.

Brit. /breɪv/, U.S. /breɪv/
Etymology: < French brave, not an original French word, but adapted < Italian bravo brave, gallant, fine: compare Spanish bravo , Portuguese bravo , Provençal brau , Catalan brau . Ulterior derivation uncertain. Nearly all the English senses may have been adopted < French. Compare braw adj. and n.(Prof. Storm would associate bravo (in Spanish also bravio) with Old Italian braido, brado wild, savage, which is also a sense of Spanish and Portuguese bravo; compare Provençal braidiu fiery, spirited (horse). These he would refer to a Latin type *brabidus, formed < rabidus mad, fierce, of the existence of which there appears to be other evidence. See Romania 1876, p. 170. A more recent conjecture ( Romania XIII. 110) tries to derive it < barbarus, but this does not suit Provençal brau.)
A. adj.
1.
a. Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adjective]
dearOE
derfc1175
ketec1275
reighc1275
fadec1330
venturous1584
bravea1616
brave-hearted1873
bindaas1981
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. vi. 20 A brauer Souldier neuer couched Launce. View more context for this quotation
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xviii. 118 Innocence and independance make a brave spirit.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 4 High hopes of living to be brave men, and worthy patriots.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 4 Who combats bravely is not therefore brave; He dreads a Death-bed like the meanest slave.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. iii. 25 A brave man has no rules to follow, but the dictates of his courage.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 233 For six days they made a brave defence.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 157 Extolled by the great body of Churchmen as if he had been the bravest and purest of martyrs.
1868 W. C. Hazlitt in tr. Paris & Vienne Prol. p. xii It is very good to relate the brave deeds.
b. absol. the brave (now only plural).
ΚΠ
1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast i. 1 None but the Brave deserves the Fair.
1727 J. Gay Fables I. i. 3 The brave Love mercy, and delight to save.
1782 W. Cowper Loss Royal George 1 Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more.
1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington viii To glorious burial slowly borne Follow'd by the brave of other lands.
2. Finely-dressed; = Sc. braw adj. and n.; splendid, showy, grand, fine, handsome. (Rare in 18th cent.; in 19th cent. apparently a literary revival, or adopted from dialect speech.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > of fine or gay appearance
gay?c1225
jollyc1380
gallantc1420
show-worthy1542
gaud-glorious1555
brave1568
of show1580
gaudy1583
braving1600
cavalier1670
showish1675
showy1712
braw1724
branky1790
viewy1850
cheesy1858
cheesy1863
jazzified1920
jazzed1922
zizzy1966
1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like sig. A.iiiv To go more gayer and more braue, Then dooth a Lord.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/2 Braue, splendidus.
a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 150 The lilies which are braver than Solomon.
1612 T. Heywood Apol. for Actors Author to Bk. One man is ragged, and another brave.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 11 At length he came to most braue and fayre houses.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 20 Lord Montague's brave House in Bloomsberry.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 66 Now might you see the tartans brave.
1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in Men & Women I. 227 His back..Brave with the needlework of Noodledom.
3. loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Worthy, excellent, good, ‘capital’, ‘fine’, ‘famous’, etc.; ‘an indeterminate word, used to express the superabundance of any valuable quality in men or things’ (Johnson). archaic. (Cf. braw adj.)
a. of persons.
ΚΠ
1603 Mournef. Dittie in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 56 You Poets all, brave Shakspeare, Johnson, Greene.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 36 O that's a braue man, hee writes braue verses, speakes braue words. View more context for this quotation
1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 29 Zeuxes and Timanthes were brave Painters.
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants i. sig. C4v Many brave Families have been ruin'd by a Gamester.
1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 60 His Son is a brave Scholar.
b. of things.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 74 Nowe are the braue and golden dayes.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 127 Ile deuise thee braue punishments for him. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iii. ii. 79 This is a braue night to coole a Curtizan.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 104 We wil make a brave Breakfast with a piece of powdered Bief. View more context for this quotation
1798 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues ii Here she found..a brave fire to thaw her.
1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 209 Knowledge is a brave thing.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 5 Here's a brave earth to sin and suffer on!
c. brave new world n. (also with capital initials) the title of a satirical novel (1932) by Aldous Huxley (after Shakespeare's Tempest v. i. 183) portraying a society in which ‘progress’ has produced a nightmarish ‘utopia’; frequently used allusively.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun]
heaveneOE
land of behesta1200
Cockaigne?c1335
Fortunate Islands?a1475
eutopia1553
utopia1601
horny gate (also port)1605
nonsucha1618
Americaa1631
El Dorado1788
other world1804
Cockneyland1817
cloud-cuckoo-land1824
Fiddler's Green1825
dreamland1832
Neverland1892
never-never land1900
Big Rock Candy Mountain1917
brave new world1933
Xanadu1948
Disneyland1956
ecotopia1975
1933 Ann. Reg. 1932 35 The driving force that sweeps Mr. Huxley on to presenting every nook and cranny of his Brave New World to the fiercest light of inquiry is the heart-corroding disgust he feels for human society as it will become according to his vision.
1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come x. 93 I will go for this Brave New World of theirs—tooth and claw.
1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 16 The practice and particularly the theory of agriculture were the subject of many of these treatises on post-war planning—‘blueprints’..of a brave new world.
d. brave west winds n. the strong prevailing westerly winds in ‘the Roaring Forties’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > global system > specific winds of
trade wind1652
westerly1845
variable1846
anti-trade wind1853
brave west winds1883
counter-trade1917
roaring forties1953
1883 Buchan in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 146/2 The region of the ‘brave west winds’, the ‘roaring forties’ of sailors.
4. quasi-adv.= bravely adv. (Now only poetic.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adverb]
stronglyeOE
strongeOE
boldlyOE
wellOE
coflyc1000
keenlyc1000
moodilyOE
fastOE
derflyc1175
trustlya1200
hardilyc1225
trustilya1375
ketec1380
throa1400
strenglya1425
strongfullyc1425
roidlya1500
virtuouslya1500
hardyflyc1500
brave1590
bold1597
audaciously1598
bravely1600
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i.iv. sig. D There sate most braue embellished..A mayden Queene.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. i. xlvi. 345 Noble and brave-built structures.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. x. 31 The trumpets flourished brave.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 184 Better housed, or braver clad.
B. n. [in sense A. 1, directly < French brave.]
1.
a. A brave man, a warrior, soldier: since 1800 applied chiefly to warriors among the North American Indians [after the French in North America] .
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun]
wyec900
rinkeOE
earlOE
manlOE
champion?c1225
warrer?c1225
drightmanc1275
here-dringc1275
here-gumec1275
here-kempec1275
wal-kempc1275
warrior1297
battlerc1300
fighterc1300
battle-wrighta1400
man-of-war1449
frekec1475
war-manc1485
combatant1489
Mars1565
warfarer1591
combater1598
Mavortian1598
brave1601
fire-eater1792
war-wolf1810
war-hound1812
war-dog1846
toa1860
Mavors1868
fightist1877
ninja1964
simba1964
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 55 We haue no cause to feare their forreine braues.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 463 Advance Thy braues against his single power.
1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 22 The race of Roman braves Thought it not worth their while to make us slaves.
1823 Ld. Byron Island iii. ii. 48 The wave Is hurled down headlong like the foremost brave.
1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 96 The chiefs leading the van, the braves following in a long line, painted and decorated.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. vi. 35 A Blackfoot brave, whose portrait I had just painted.
b. A bravo, bully; a hired assassin. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin
banea800
murthereOE
quellerOE
manslaughta1225
manquellec1275
murderer1340
Cainc1380
drepera1400
sicariana1400
murder mana1450
interfector1450
murdrier1481
murdresara1500
assassin1531
cut-throat1535
cutter1569
baner1605
brave1606
bravo1609
dagger-mana1616
assassinate1621
assassinator1651
sword-taker1660
assassinant1662
banesman1870
hatchet man1876
murdermonger1900
hit-man1970
mechanic1972
contract killer1980
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [noun] > hired
brave1606
bravo1609
bully1703
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person > hired
brave1606
bravo1609
myrmidon1647
bully rook1673
bully1703
striker1836
night-rider1856
bully boy1881
strong arm1893
trigger man1930
goon1938
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 144 Ador'd of Flatterers, Of Softlings, Wantons, Braves, and Loyterers.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X3 There are certaine desperate and resolute villaines in Venice called Braues.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iii. 25 Happy times; when Braves and Hacksters..were thought the fittest..to defend his Person.
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 4 Morat's too insolent, too much a Brave.
1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 277 A brave (or fellow hired to revenge a quarrel of another, sicarius.
1865 J. K. James tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered II. xi. xxxvi Ye sneaking, skulking braves.
2. A bravado. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > instance of
bravade1579
brave1590
bravo1616
huff1773
Bobadilism1830
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 52* Suppose..that beautie hath giuen him the braue.
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. Gv Leaue off these idle braues of thine.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 123 Marcheth amaine to give the Towne a braue.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 33 Bitter was the Brave which railing Rabsheca sent to holy Hezekiah.
1840 R. Browning Sordello v. 432 A whole life's braves Should somehow be made good.
1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 75 Stucley waited about the court and amused the Councillors with his braves and brags.
†3. Finery, splendour = bravery n. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun]
boast1297
strut1303
bombancec1325
bobantc1330
bobancec1380
ambitionc1384
oliprancec1390
pretence?a1439
ostentationa1475
pransawtea1500
bravity1546
finesse1549
bravery1573
overlashing1579
brave1596
peacockry1596
garishness1598
maggot ostentation1598
ostent1609
flaunta1625
spectability1637
vantation1637
fastuousness1649
fastuosity1656
finery1656
parade1656
phantastry1656
ostentatiousness1658
éclat1704
pretension1706
braw1724
swell1724
showiness1730
ostensibility1775
fanfaronade1784
display1816
showing off1822
glimmer1827
tigerism1836
peacockery1844
show-off1846
flare1847
peacockism1854
swank1854
tigerishness1869
flashness1888
flamboyance1891
peacockishness1892
flamboyancy1896
swankiness1920
plushness1949
glitziness1982
fantasia-
fantastication-
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > fine or gay appearance
gaynessc1443
show1539
fineness1553
bravery1573
brave1596
gaudiness1601
gallantry1613
gaiety1625
blow1710
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxvii. 285 Sixe score Concubines, that seem'd so many Queenes for braue.
†C. int.
[Compare bravo n.1] Capital! Excellent! Bravo! Obsolete or dialect.
ΚΠ
a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) ii. ii Oh, brave, master! I worship your nose for this.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ii. 202 O brave!..My Cousin hath you, I find. View more context for this quotation
1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. I. 148 O brave! What wages do 'e meän to gi'e?

Compounds

Chiefly parasynthetic, as brave-hearted, brave-horsed, brave-minded, brave-sensed, brave-spirited, brave-spiritedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [noun]
hearteOE
spirita1382
fierceness1490
stomach?1529
spritec1540
fire1579
mettle1581
rage1590
brave-spiritednessa1617
lion-heart1667
game1747
spunk1773
pluck1785
gameness1810
ginger1836
pluckiness1846
gimp1901
ticker1930
cojones1932
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective]
braga1350
animose?a1425
heartlya1450
stomachous1547
bold-spirited1597
mettled1599
mettle1606
animous1609
stomachful1610
stomachious1611
brave-spiriteda1617
mettlesome1673
game1752
spunky1786
spunk1788
gamelike1804
good-woolled1846
plucked1846
bold-hearted1847
gamey1849
gameful1853
gutsy1893
feisty1896
gutty1953
the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adjective]
dearOE
derfc1175
ketec1275
reighc1275
fadec1330
venturous1584
bravea1616
brave-hearted1873
bindaas1981
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 313 Termes of Worth, of Gallantrie, of Braue-spiritednesse, and the like.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 636 That braue-spirited politicke-wise Lord.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 28 The Erll of Angouss..and threttie vther bralie horsit gentilmen cam to the Bog.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 70 The whole people mourns..for the death of a brave-hearted man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

bravev.

Brit. /breɪv/, U.S. /breɪv/
Etymology: < French brave-r to act the brave toward, etc., < brave brave adj., n., and int.
I. transitive.
1. To treat with bravado; to challenge, defy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy
stout1303
defy1377
beard1476
brave1546
brag1551
outface1574
to hold (a person) waga1578
dare1580
outbrave1589
bedarea1596
maugre1597
championa1616
to bid defiance to1632
stem1675
bravadea1698
bravo1732
1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 107 Leest the Frenchmen might take occasion..to have braved Your Majestie.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Biii Ile beard & braue thee in thy proper town.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 94 Brauing them (if they were men) to come out.
1636 T. Heywood in Ann. Dubrensia sig. K Ossa and Pelion? that so brave the sky.
a1764 R. Lloyd Actor in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 12 Braving monarchs in his Saviour's cause.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket ii. ii. 100 I must hence to brave The Pope, King Louis, and this turbulent priest.
†2. To threaten, menace. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make threats against
threata1000
threatenc1290
menacec1384
menacea1400
menacec1400
shorec1475
boasta1522
worrya1556
threapen1559
bravea1619
bethreatened1635
braveer1652
bay1796
comminate1801
bravo1831
mau-mau1970
a1619 Bp. Cowper in Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 19 He braved him with banishments.
3. To meet or face (danger) with bravery; to encounter, defy. (The ordinary current sense.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb]
face1570
dare1580
out-countenancec1585
to stand up to1596
outdare1598
to carry it off1663
to take the bull by the horns1711
brave1776
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 436 The adventurous Leander braved the passage of the flood.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 43 Do not brave the utter darkness of these ruins.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds i. 4 Poverty induces them to brave danger.
a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. iv. iv. 409 They braved the severe weather of that climate.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/1 The school braves successfully the ordeal of annual inspection.
†4. To make brave, embolden, encourage. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
bieldc897
hardenc1175
elnea1225
hardyc1225
boldc1275
hardishc1325
endurec1384
assurec1386
emboldc1400
recomfortc1405
enharda1450
support1479
enhardy1483
animatec1487
encourage1490
emboldishc1503
hearten1524
bolden1526
spright1531
raise1533
accourage1534
enheart1545
to hearten on1555
hearten?1556
alacriate1560
bespirit1574
bebrave1576
to put in heart1579
to hearten up1580
embolden1583
bravea1593
enhearten1610
inspiritc1610
rehearten1611
blood1622
mana1625
valiant1628
flush1633
firm1639
buoy1645
embrave1648
reinhearten1652
reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
elate1726
to cocker up1762
enharden1779
nerve1799
boost1815
brace1816
high-mettle1831
braven1865
brazen1884
a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 172 We may see..how a gay coat..or a gold ring, can brave a man's mind.
†5. To make splendid; to deck out, adorn. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > invest with splendour > make gay or showy
gay1581
brave1590
surbrave1608
begay1648
to fake out1871
1590 Exhort. Her Maj. Subj. in Harl. Misc. I. 172 Brave not yourselves in gold, silk, and silver.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 9 He [sc. the sun] should haue braud the East an hower agoe. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 124 Thou [the tailor] hast brau'd manie men. View more context for this quotation
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) x. 51 How it [sc. love] braues, the Nature, and value of things.
†6. To boast; ‘to carry a boasting appearance of’ (Johnson). to brave out: to display boastfully, show off. to brave oneself: to boast or pride oneself in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > be or become proud [verb (reflexive)]
wlenchc1200
pridea1275
enhancec1380
empride1435
brave1581
prune1598
plume1643
value1648
pique1684
bepride1690
hump1835
tumefy1837
preen1880
to be all over oneself1910
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)]
flourishc1380
show1509
ostent1531
ostentatec1540
to ruffle it1551
to brave out1581
vaunt1590
boasta1592
venditate1600
to make the most ofa1627
display1628
to make (a) parade of1656
pride1667
sport1684
to show off1750
flash1785
afficher1814
affiche1817
parade1818
flaunt1822
air1867
showboat1937
ponce1953
rock1987
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)] > carry boastful appearance of
brave1581
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 44 b Points, which you seeme specially to have called out, that in them you might brave out ye nimblenes of your witte, and eloquence of toung.
a1626 F. Bacon Wks. (1861) VI. 411 Both particular persons and factions are apt enough to flatter themselves or, at least, to brave that which they believe not.
1644–52 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vii. i. 309 They rather proudly braved themselves in their knowledge of the Deity, etc.
II. intransitive (and const. to brave it).
7. To boast, glory, vaunt. to brave it: to swagger, act the bravo. Now in to brave it out. (Perhaps rather sense 3 ?)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
blow-
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1549 Duke of Somerset in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. i. xxii. 180 The Frenchmen..will brave much of this.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 14 These fellows wyll brave yt out, how slender so ever they be within.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 117 Nevermore let holy Dee O're other Riuers braue.
1627 Bp. J. Hall David's Psalms x. 3 The wicked braues and boasts In his vile and outragious thought.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. i. 182/2 That Peace might brave it among us.
1817 Wilberforce in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1693 Braving about the liberties of his country.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud iv. v, in Maud & Other Poems 17 However we brave it out, we men are a little breed.
†8. intransitive. To dress splendidly, to make a gay show; frequently also to brave it. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > move with splendour [verb (intransitive)] > make fine or gay appearance
brave1583
1583 T. Watson Poems (1870) 60 Thou glasse, wherein my Dame hath such delight, As when she braues, then most on thee to gaze.
1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (1717) 52 And live in Pomp to brave among the Best.
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 130 To strowt it, and to stout it, and to braue it in costly apparell.
9. To act bravely, to be brave. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > act bravely [verb]
to take on (also upon) one(self)?1435
brave1884
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. ii. 265 Haunted With the young craving For doing and braving In the world's battle.
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