outbrave
Americanverb (used with object)
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to stand up to; face defiantly.
to outbrave charges of misconduct.
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to surpass in bravery, courage, or daring.
None can outbrave the great heroes of the past.
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Archaic. to surpass in beauty, splendor, etc.
verb
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to surpass in bravery
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to confront defiantly
Etymology
Origin of outbrave
Example Sentences
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Her anger began to outbrave her terror now.
From The White Sister by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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
Care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
I declare, I should like to see if he would not outbrave you all.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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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