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n here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. Shak.

Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow.

In a courageous manner.

The quality of being courageous; courage.

To encourage. [Obs.]

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.…

Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.

The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

One who discourages. The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

To encourage again.

Refuse water after scouring.

To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.…

To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.] Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.

To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.

e quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.