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AccourageAccourage Ac*cour"age, v. t. [OF. acoragier; [`a] (L. ad) +
corage. See Courage.]
To encourage. [Obs.] CourageousCourageous Cour*a"geous (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.]
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.
Syn: Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic;
intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous;
enterprising. See Gallant. Courageously
Courageously Cour*a"geous*ly, adv.
In a courageous manner.
Courageousness
Courageousness Cour*a"geous*ness, n.
The quality of being courageous; courage.
Discourage
Discourage Dis*cour"age, n.
Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Discourageable
Discourageable Dis*cour"age*a*ble, a.
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. --Bp.
Hall.
Discourager
Discourager Dis*cour"a*ger, n.
One who discourages.
The promoter of truth and the discourager of error.
--Sir G. C.
Lewis.
Disencouragement
Disencouragement Dis`en*cour"age*ment, n.
Discouragement. [Obs.] --Spectator.
Dutch couragetouto. The English have applied the name especially to the
Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium
repens), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch
mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. EncourageEncourage En*cour"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F.
encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See
Courage.]
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.
Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten;
incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate;
countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward;
strengthen. EncouragedEncourage En*cour"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F.
encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See
Courage.]
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.
Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten;
incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate;
countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward;
strengthen. Encouragement
Encouragement En*cour"age*ment, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.]
1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to
practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
All generous encouragement of arts. --Otway.
2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance,
as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase
of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement
among a rude people.
To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet
encouragement to prayer. --Byron.
Encourager
Encourager En*cour"a*ger, n.
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts.
--Addison.
Reencourage
Reencourage Re`["e]n*cour"age (-k?r"?j;), v. t.
To encourage again.
Scourage
Scourage Scour"age (?; 48), n.
Refuse water after scouring.
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