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    brace
    [brās]
    verb
    braced (past tense) · braced (past participle)
    1. make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support:
      "the posts were braced by lengths of timber"
      • press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced:
        "she braced her feet against a projecting shelf"
      • tense the muscles in (a part of one's body) in order to stay stiffly in a certain position:
        "he stood with legs braced"
    2. prepare (oneself) for something difficult or unpleasant:
      "both stations are bracing themselves for job losses" · "police are braced for a traffic nightmare today"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn.
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