braving

adj, noun — 2 senses

braving

adj

/ˈbɹeɪvɪŋ/

1

Archaic Daring; defiant.

agree[…] in a most braving manner1667 March 24 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “March 15th, 1666–1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

Derived terms: bravingly

braving

noun

1

A bravado; a boast.

With so proud a strain / Of threats and bravings.1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

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