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or good fortune and a longing to possess it. A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier. Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.

To animate; to encourage; to cheer. It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. Barrow.

r establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.

inment of an object; indispensably necessary. Judgment's more essential to a general Than courage. Denham. How to live -- that is the essential question for us. H. Spencer.

Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.

de of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. -- To curry favor Etym: [see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. -- With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission. Bu…

To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.] Ay what else, fear you not her courage Shak.

inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. What man is there that is fearful and fain-hearted Deut. xx. 8.

One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." Shak.

, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty. Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay. The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. A. Hamilton.

To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.

Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest fomentation of your pride. Young.

One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.

Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.

premeditation; forecast; provident care. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.