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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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Care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

Her anger began to outbrave her terror now.

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

Aramis wished on his part, with his nervous nature, armed with extraordinary courage, to outbrave fatigue, and employ himself with Gourville and Pellisson, but he fainted in the chair in which he had persisted sitting.

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre

Aramis wished on his part, with his nervous nature, armed with extraordinary courage, to outbrave fatigue, and employ himself with Gourville and Pelisson, but he fainted in the chair in which he had persisted sitting.

From The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Dumas père, Alexandre

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

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