Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brave \Brave\ (br[=a]v), a. [Compar. {Braver}; superl.
   {Bravest}.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce,
   wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See {Barbarous}, and
   cf. {Bravo}.]
   1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to
      {cowardly}; as, a brave man; a brave act.

   2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; --
      especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as
      applied to material things.]

            Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
                                                  --Bacon.

            It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
                                                  --Pepys.

   3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]

            Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak.

            For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In
            silks I'll rattle it of every color.  --Robert
                                                  Greene.

            Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in
            his golden spots.                     --Emerson.

   Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold;
        heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous;
        high-spirited; stout-hearted. See {Gallant}.