embrave

verb — 2 senses

embrave

verb

Etymology From en- + brave.

1

Obsolete To inspire with bravery.

  • fewer Colors should embrave his Coat1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC:
2

Obsolete To embellish, adorn.

  • The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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