braven

English

Etymology

From brave +‎ -en.

Verb

braven (third-person singular simple present bravens, present participle bravening, simple past and past participle bravened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become brave
   • 1919, Philip Gibbs, The repulse: From Flanders to the Marne:

     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.

   • 1968, John W. Lynch, A Woman Wrapped in Silence, page 30:

     "Fear not, O, fear not, Joseph" . . . he had heard and knew It now for kindly speech that bravened him, […]

   • 2008, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture:

     A hardy, self-helpful child life, bravened by necessities, never undermined by luxuries.

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Adjective

braven

1. inflection of brav:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural