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bravery (sense ‘valour’ does not clearly emerge)
1. defiance, bravado Cæs. V. i. 10, Cym. III. i. 18.
2. splendour, finery, fine clothes Meas. I. iii. 10, AYL. II. vii. 80, Shr. IV. iii. 57 “With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery,” Sonn. xxxiv. 4.
3. ostentatious display Ham. V. ii. 79 “the bravery of his grief.”
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  • Cross-references in text-specific dictionaries from this page (4):
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 5.2
    • William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2.7
    • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, 3.1
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, xxxiv
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