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Discourage
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(1):
(n.) Lack of courage; cowardliness.
(2):
(v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
(3):
(v. t.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Discourage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/discourage.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Discourage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/discourage.html. 1828.