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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"Then crouch no more on suppliant knee, But scorn with scorn outbrave; A Briton even in love should be A subject, not a slave."
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
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
But Jed was bound to outbrave me, and I was equally bound to outbrave him.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack
A man, or a woman for that matter, should have the courage to outbrave an oath when it hurts the innocent.
From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Her anger began to outbrave her terror now.
From The White Sister by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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