[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brave \brave\, v. t. imp.  p. p. braved; p. pr.  vb. n.
   braving.
   1. to encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at
      defiance; to defy; to dare.
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            these i can brave, but those i can not bear.
                                                  --dryden.
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   2. to adorn; to make fine or showy. obs.
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            thou a tailor whom grunio was browbeating hast
            braved meny men; brave not me; i'll neither be faced
            or braved.                            --shak.
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see also:
braved braving 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brave \brave\, n.
   1. a brave person; one who is daring.
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            the star-spangled banner, o,long may it wave
            o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
                                                  --f. s. key.
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   2. specifically, an indian warrior.
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   3. a man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
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            hot braves like thee may fight.       --dryden.
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   4. a challenge; a defiance; bravado. obs.
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            demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
            and so in this, to bear me down with braves. --shak.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brave \brave\, a. compar. braver; superl. bravest. f.
   brave, it. or sp. bravo, orig. fierce, wild, savage, prob.
   from. l. barbarus. see barbarous, and cf. bravo.
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   1. bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to
      cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
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   2. having any sort of superiority or excellence; --
      especially such as in conspicuous. obs. or archaic as
      applied to material things.
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            iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
                                                  --bacon.
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            it being a brave day, i walked to whitehall.
                                                  --pepys.
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   3. making a fine show or display. archaic
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            wear my dagger with the braver grace. --shak.
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            for i have gold, and therefore will be brave.
            in silks i'll rattle it of every color. --robert
                                                  greene.
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            frog and lizard in holiday coats
            and turtle brave in his golden spots. --emerson.
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   syn: courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold;
        heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous;
        high-spirited; stout-hearted. see gallant.
        1913 webster
see also:
braver bravest barbarous bravo cowardly gallant 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brave
     adj 1: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with
            danger or fear without flinching; "familiarity with
            danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"-
            herman melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed
            over pain"- william wordsworth; "set a courageous
            example by leading them safely into and out of
            enemy-held territory" syn: courageous, fearless
            ant: cowardly
     2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers";
        "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid
        pioneers" syn: audacious, dauntless, fearless, intrepid,
         unfearing
     3: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new
        dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a scottish
        word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with
        gay plumage" syn: braw, gay
     n 1: a north american indian warrior
     2: people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
        ant: timid
     v : face or endure with courage; "she braved the elements" syn:
          weather, endure, brave out
see also:
courageous fearless cowardly audacious dauntless intrepid 
unfearing braw gay timid weather 
endure brave out 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

258 moby thesaurus words for "brave":
   achilles, amazon, david, hector, roland, samson, a man, abide,
   abide with, advantageous, affront, air serviceman, audacious,
   aweless, baffle, balk, banter, bear, bear with, beard,
   bell the cat, beneficial, bid defiance, bide, bite the bullet,
   blast, bold, bold-spirited, bravura, braw, brazen, brazen out,
   breast, bright, bring before, bring forward, bring up, brook,
   bulldog, call out, cannon fodder, challenge, chance, checkmate,
   chichi, chivalric, chivalrous, chutzpanik, circumvent, colorful,
   colory, confident, confound, confront, confront with, contravene,
   counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, courageous,
   court destruction, cross, dare, daring, dash, dashing, dauntless,
   decorated hero, defeat, defiant, defy, defy danger, demigod,
   demigoddess, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish,
   disrupt, double-dare, doughty, dressy, elude, encounter, endure,
   envisage, exhibitionistic, face, face out, face the music, face up,
   face up to, face with, favorable, favoring, fearless,
   fighting cock, fighting man, fine, flashing, flashy, flaunting,
   flummox, foil, food for powder, forget the odds, frilly, front,
   frothy, frustrate, gallant, gamble, game, gamecock, gay,
   glittering, good soldier, grand, greathearted, gritty, gutsy,
   halberdier, handsome, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, hardy,
   hazard, helpful, hero, heroic, heroine, herolike, hoplite,
   indomitable, intrepid, ironhearted, jaunty, jazzy, knightlike,
   knightly, knock the chocks, lay before, legionary, lion,
   lionhearted, lump, lump it, macho, man of courage, man-at-arms,
   manful, manly, meet, meet boldly, meet head-on, meet squarely,
   mettlesome, military man, navy man, noble, nonplus, outdare,
   outface, paladin, perplex, persevere, pikeman, place before,
   play with fire, plucky, present to, propitious, put it to,
   put up with, rakish, resolute, rifle, rifleman, risk, ruin,
   run the chance, run the gauntlet, run the risk, sabotage, scotch,
   scream defiance, serviceman, set at defiance, set before,
   show fight, showy, smart, snazzy, soldier, soldierlike, soldierly,
   speak out, speak up, spearman, spectacular, spike, spirited,
   splashy, splendid, splurgy, spoil, sporty, spunky, stalwart, stand,
   stand for, stand up to, stare down, staunch, steadfast, stem,
   stick, stonewall, stout, stouthearted, stump, suffer, support,
   sustain, take a chance, take chances, take up with,
   tempt providence, the brave, thwart, tiger, tolerate, toward,
   unafraid, unapprehensive, unblenching, undaunted, undismayed,
   unfearful, unfearing, unflinching, unfrightened, unshrinking,
   unswerving, unyielding, upset, useful, valiant, valiant knight,
   valorous, venture, venturesome, vivid, warrior, warrioress

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