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Braced (for)
Answer for the clue "Braced (for) ", 7 letters:
steeled
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Word definitions for steeled in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steel \Steel\ (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeled (st[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeling .] [AS. st[=y]lan: cf. Icel. st[ae]la. See Steel , n.] To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax. Fig.: To make hard or strong; hence, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: steel)
Usage examples of steeled.
Unlike not a few of his peers, Don Guillermo did not really like witnessing whippings or maimings or torture, but recognized and accepted that such were the only proven ways to maintain discipline among the commoner sorts and the slaves, so he steeled himself and observed those punishments he had ordered as sternly and blankfacedly as a hidalgo knight should.
She steeled herself, and then glanced into the interior, trying not to look at the little man in the chair.
He steeled himself also to the discovery of the corpses of Harry and pretty blonde little Vicky.