Chapter Brassage to Brazilian of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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.
Dryden.

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.
Shak.

Bravely
(Brave"ly) adv.

1. In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.

2. Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.

And [she] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.
Judith. x. 4.

3. Well; thrivingly; prosperously. [Colloq.]

Braveness
(Brave"ness), n. The quality of state or being brave.

Bravery
(Brav"er*y) n. [Cf. F. braverie.]

1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

Remember, sir, my liege, . . .
The natural bravery of your isle.
Shak.

2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]

Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons.
Bacon.

3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.

With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery.
Shak.

Like a stately ship . . .
With all her bravery on, and tackle trim.
Milton.

4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]

A man that is the bravery of his age.
Beau. & Fl.

Syn. — Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor; fearlessness; dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See Courage, and Heroism.

Braving
(Brav"ing) n. A bravado; a boast.

With so proud a strain
Of threats and bravings.
Chapman.

Bravingly
(Brav"ing*ly) adv. In a defiant manner.

Bravo
(Bra"vo) n.; pl. Bravoes [I. See Brave, a.] A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.

Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey.
And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way.
Churchill.

Bravo
(Bra"vo) interj. [It. See Brave.] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.