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Heroic

HERO'IC, a. Pertaining to a hero or heroes; as heroic valor. 1. Becoming a hero; bold; daring; illustrious; as heroic action; heroic enterprises. 2. Brave; intrepid; magnanimous; enterprising; illustrious for...

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HERO'IC, a. Pertaining to a hero or heroes; as heroic valor.

1. Becoming a hero; bold; daring; illustrious; as heroic action; heroic enterprises.

2. Brave; intrepid; magnanimous; enterprising; illustrious for valor; as Hector, the heroic son of Priam; a heroic race.

3. Productive of heroes; as a heroic line in pedigree.

4. Reciting the achievements of heroes; as a heroic poem.

5. Used in heroic poetry or hexameter; as heroic verse; a heroic foot.

Heroic age, the age when the heroes,or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.

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