braving

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braving - 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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  Braving \Brav"ing\, n.
     A bravado; a boast.
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           With so proud a strain
           Of threats and bravings.                 --Chapman.
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