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Webster 1913 Edition

Cheer

Cheer

(chēr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
chere
face, welcome, cheer, OF.
chiere
, F.
chère
, fr. LL.
cara
face, Gr.
κάρα
head; akin to Skr.
çiras
, L.
cerebrum
brain, G.
hirn
, and E.
cranium
.]
1.
The face; the countenance or its expression.
[Obs.]
“Sweat of thy cheer.”
Wyclif.
2.
Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.
Be of good
cheer
.
Matt. ix. 2.
The parents . . . fled away with heavy
cheer
.
Holland.
3.
Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.
I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor
cheer
of mind, that I was wont to have.
Shakespeare
1.
That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment;
as, a table loaded with good
cheer
.
5.
A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
Welcome her, thundering
cheer
of the street.
Tennyson.
What cheer?
How do you fare? What is there that is cheering?

Cheer

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cheered
(chērd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
cheering
.]
1.
To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; – often with up.
Cowpe.
2.
To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he
cheered
.
Dryden.
3.
To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers;
as, to
cheer
hounds in a chase
.
Syn. – To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.

Cheer

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; – usually with
up
.
At sight of thee my gloomy soul
cheers
up.
A. Philips.
2.
To be in any state or temper of mind.
[Obs.]
How
cheer’st
thou, Jessica?
Shakespeare
3.
To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
And even the ranks of Tusculum
Could scare forbear to
cheer
.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cheer

CHEER

, v.t.
1.
To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers.
2.
To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or apathy; to cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; as, to cheer a lonely desert; the cheering rays of the sun; good news cheers the heart.
3.
To infuse life; spirit, animation; to incite; to encourage; as, to cheer the hounds.

CHEER

,
Verb.
I.
To grow cheerful; to become gladsome, or joyous.
At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up.
Cheer up, my lads.

CHEER

, n.
1.
A shout of joy; as, they gave three cheers.
2.
A state of gladness or joy; a state of animation, above gloom and depression of spirits, but below mirth, gayety and jollity.
Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. Mat. 9.
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. Acts. 27.
3.
Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast.
4.
Invitation to gayety.
5.
Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions for a feast.
The table was loaded with good cheer.
6.
Air of countenance, noting a greater or less degree of cheerfulness.
His words their drooping cheer Enlightened.

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