brave (brav)

t.; pret. and pp. braved, ppr. braving. ng. [ The ills of love, not those of fate, I fear; These I can brave , but those I cannot bear. Dryden . Louis the Fifteenth braved the hatred and contempt of his subjects during many years of the most odious and imbecile misgovernment. IMG:content-2452.png:[blocks in formation] With so proud a straine of threats and bravings. Chapman , Ody ey, xxi. bravingly (bra'ving-li), adv. In a braving or defying manner. Sheldon. [Rare.] bravi imo (brä-vis'i-mō), interj. [It., superl. of bravo, q. v.] Superlative of bravo. That's right- I'm steel - Bravo! - Adamant - Bravi i mo ! Colman, Jealous Wife, i. 1.