From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brave \Brave\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Braved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Braving}.]
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.
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