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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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Discourage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/discourage.html. 1828.
 
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