embrave

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ brave.

Verb

embrave (third-person singular simple present embraves, present participle embraving, simple past and past participle embraved)

1. (obsolete) To inspire with bravery.
   • 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] George Boddington, […], published 1651, →OCLC:

     fewer Colors should embrave his Coat

2. (obsolete) To embellish, adorn.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue […]