Definitions
cause to be alert and energetic
Word origin
From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).
Used in a sentence
“a brace and bit”
“The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.”
“But you, my brace of Lords, were I ſo minded / I heere could plucke his Highneſſe frowne vpon you / And iuſtifie you Traitors: […]”
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