Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brave
Participle: braved
Gerund: braving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brave |
| you | brave |
| he;she;it | braves |
| we | brave |
| you | brave |
| they | brave |
Perfect
| I | have braved |
| you | have braved |
| he;she;it | has braved |
| we | have braved |
| you | have braved |
| they | have braved |
Past
| I | braved |
| you | braved |
| he;she;it | braved |
| we | braved |
| you | braved |
| they | braved |
Pluperfect
| I | had braved |
| you | had braved |
| he;she;it | had braved |
| we | had braved |
| you | had braved |
| they | had braved |
Future
| I | will brave |
| you | will brave |
| he;she;it | will brave |
| we | will brave |
| you | will brave |
| they | will brave |
Future Perfect
| I | will have braved |
| you | will have braved |
| he;she;it | will have braved |
| we | will have braved |
| you | will have braved |
| they | will have braved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brave |
| you | brave |
| he;she;it | brave |
| we | brave |
| you | brave |
| they | brave |
Perfect
| I | have braved |
| you | have braved |
| he;she;it | have braved |
| we | have braved |
| you | have braved |
| they | have braved |
Imperfect
| I | braved |
| you | braved |
| he;she;it | braved |
| we | braved |
| you | braved |
| they | braved |
Pluperfect
| I | had braved |
| you | had braved |
| he;she;it | had braved |
| we | had braved |
| you | had braved |
| they | had braved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brave |
| you | would brave |
| he;she;it | would brave |
| we | would brave |
| you | would brave |
| they | would brave |
Perfect
| I | would have braved |
| you | would have braved |
| he;she;it | would have braved |
| we | would have braved |
| you | would have braved |
| they | would have braved |
Imperative
| you | brave |
| we | Let's brave |
| you | brave |
Verbs conjugated like 'brave'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brave'
brace,
brake,
braven,
bravo,
braze,
crave,
grave,
rave,
abrade,
abrase,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1485, from M.Fr. "splendid, valiant," from It. bravo "brave, bold," orig. "wild, savage," possibly from M.L. bravus "cutthroat, villain," from L. pravus "crooked, depraved;" a less likely etymology being from L. barbarus (see barbarous). A Celtic origin (Ir. breagh, Cornish bray) has also been suggested. The noun application to N. American Indian warrior is from 1601. The verb "to face with bravery" is from 1776. Bravery is from 1548. Brave new world is from the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 satirical utopian novel; he lifted the phrase from Shakespeare ("Tempest" v.i.183).
2. From Middle French braver, from brave.
Sample Sentences
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[...] 369-370. ~~~ A missionary figure among the fugitives in Canada told us that many of the fugitives confessed themselves to have escaped from comparatively kind masters, and that they were induced to brave the perils of escape, in almost every case, by the desperate horror with which they regarded being sold south,—a doom which was hanging either over themselves or their husbands, their wives or [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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When Legree returned, baffled and disappointed, all the long-working hatred of his soul towards his slave began to gather in a deadly and desperate form. Had not this man braved him,—steadily, powerfully, resistlessly,—ever since he bought him ? Was there not a spirit in him which, silent as it was, burned on him like the fires of perdition ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads his way back to the terrors and perils of that dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)