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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   braced
       adj 1: positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger;
              "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced"
       2: held up by braces or buttresses [syn: braced, buttressed]