Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To surpass in braving or defying; exceed in daring or audacity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To excel in bravery or in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity.
- transitive verb To excel in magnificence or comeliness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To stand out
bravely against; toface up to courageously. - verb To
surpass oroutrival . - verb To be more
brave than.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be braver than
- verb resist bravely
Etymologies
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Examples
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For some time she endeavoured to outbrave me; neither the fiddler nor she desisted; but at last she gave over, and the musician laid aside his instrument. . .
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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But Jed was bound to outbrave me, and I was equally bound to outbrave him.
Chapter 13 2010
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What a deal of money did Henry VIII. and Francis I. king of France, spend at that [1719] famous interview? and how many vain courtiers, seeking each to outbrave other, spent themselves, their livelihood and fortunes, and died beggars?
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And there can be no more infallible evidence of a miscarriage in such a condition, than when pride, or passion, or prejudice, or any corrupt affection, can either outbrave or stifle that compliance with a just reproof which conscience will assuredly tender, Rom. ii.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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'I see,' said the genie, 'that you both outbrave me, but both of you shall know, by the treatment I give you, what I am capable of doing.'
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights E. Dixon
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"I see," said the genie, "that you both outbrave me, but both of you shall know by my treatment of you of what I am capable."
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921
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A man, or a woman for that matter, should have the courage to outbrave an oath when it hurts the innocent.
Hetty Wesley Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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But Jed was bound to outbrave me, and I was equally bound to outbrave him.
The Jacket (Star-Rover) Jack London 1896
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Not that we need suppose him to have made it a point of honour to outbrave the new law in general by continuing to publish without a licence; but because, in this particular case, he had no choice but to do so, and did not mind doing so.
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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Not that we need suppose him to have made it a point of honour to outbrave the new law in general by continuing to publish without a licence; but because, in this particular case, he had no choice but to do so, and did not mind doing so.
The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859
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