? Obs. [f. BRAVE a. + -NESS.] The quality of being brave; BRAVERY.

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1589.  Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (Arb.), 182. More obseruable to the Greekes and Latines for the brauenesse of their language, ouer that our is.

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1592.  Warner, Alb. Eng., VIII. xli. 201. The beautie and the brauenes of the Person.

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1603.  Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 306 (R.). The brauenesse of the exploit.

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1650.  Weldon, Crt. Jas. I., 42. Astonied at the bravenesse of our Embassie, and the handsome Gentlemen.

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1679.  Oates, Narr. Popish Plot, 32. To encourage the Friends to braveness of mind. [Not in Johnson 1755.]

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