Braven
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make or become brave ambitransitive
"But the courage of those boys was marvellous and unfailing, and the veteran soldiers who bravened them, the men who had returned with healed wounds or, had, by some miracle, passed unscathed through many battles, said, “Well done, kids!” and could not praise them enough."
Example
More examples"But the courage of those boys was marvellous and unfailing, and the veteran soldiers who bravened them, the men who had returned with healed wounds or, had, by some miracle, passed unscathed through many battles, said, “Well done, kids!” and could not praise them enough."
Etymology
From brave + -en.
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