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Webster 1913 Edition
Discourage
Dis-cour′age
(?; 48)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discouraged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discouraging
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ courage
: cf. OF. descoragier
, F. décourager
: pref. des-
(L. dis-
) + corage
, F. courage
. See Courage
.] 1.
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.
Syn. – To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
Dis-cour′age
,Noun.
Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discourage
DISCOURAGE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits; to deject; to deprive of confidence.Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3.
2.
To deter from any thing; with from.Why discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them? Numbers 32.
3.
To attempt to repress or prevent; to dissuade from; as, to discourage an effort.