braving
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪvɪŋ/
Adjective
braving (comparative more braving, superlative most braving)
- (archaic) Daring; defiant.
- 1667 March 25 (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:
- agree […] in a most braving manner
Derived terms
Verb
braving
- present participle and gerund of brave
Noun
braving (plural bravings)
- A bravado; a boast.
- 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:
- With so proud a strain / Of threats and bravings.