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To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

See Cheer.

To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]

To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

One who chirps, or is cheerful.

Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.

Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.

Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." Shak.

To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer, Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. Bacon. That we may be adle to comfort them that are in any affliction. 2 Cor. i. 4. (Rev. Ver. ). A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. Wordsworth.…

Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper. A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.

Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser.

iety is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been co…

Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

elating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. Spenser. More cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham.

at which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.

Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton.