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outbrave

American  
[out-breyv] / ˌaʊtˈbreɪv /

verb (used with object)

outbraved, outbraving
  1. to stand up to; face defiantly.

    to outbrave charges of misconduct.

  2. to surpass in bravery, courage, or daring.

    None can outbrave the great heroes of the past.

  3. Archaic. to surpass in beauty, splendor, etc.


outbrave British  
/ ˌaʊtˈbreɪv /

verb

  1. to surpass in bravery

  2. to confront defiantly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of outbrave

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + brave

Example Sentences

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"I see," said the genie, "that you both outbrave me, but both of you shall know by my treatment of you of what I am capable."

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Winter, Milo

He doth bear a golden bow, And a quiver, hanging low, Full of arrows, that outbrave Dian's shafts, where, if he have Any head more sharp than other, With that first he strikes his mother.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

He doth bear a golden bow, And a quiver, hanging low, Full of arrows, that outbrave Dian's shafts; where, if he have Any head more sharp than other, With that first he strikes his mother.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

How long shall thy madness outbrave our justice?

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

Her anger began to outbrave her terror now.

From The White Sister by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

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