embrave

English

From en- +‎ brave.

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

(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
(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 […]

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