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verb

Cheer v. t. (past & past part. cheered; pres. part. cheering)

1.

To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

2.

To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. "The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered."

3.

To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.

To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.

Synonyms: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.

Cheer v. i.

1.

To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; usually with up. "At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up."

2.

To be in any state or temper of mind. (Obs.) "How cheer'st thou, Jessica?"

3.

To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. "And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer."

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Etymology of 'Cheering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cheering" Quotes from Famous Books

... in that direction, however, was not cheering. Mountain succeeded mountain in irregular succession, rugged and bleak—the dark precipices and sombre pine-woods looking blacker by contrast with the newly-fallen snow. Some of the hills were wooded to their summits; others, bristling and ...

— The Crew of the Water Wagtail • R.M. Ballantyne

... see the faintest tinge of a smile of pleasure on the lips of both Mr. and Mrs. Randolph; they were silent, but all the rest of the people cheered and openly declared their delight. Daisy stood like a rock. Her mouth never gave way; not even when Dolce, conceiving that all this cheering called upon him to do something, rose up and, looking right into Daisy's face, wagged his tail in the blandest manner of congratulation. Daisy did not wince; and an energetic "Down, Dolce, down!" brought the St. Bernard to his ...

— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell

... above their heads. "Long life to ye!" "Good luck to ye forever!" "Blessings on ye for a lady!" "Many thanks to ye, Miss Daisy!" "May ye niver want as good!" "Hurrah for the flower of Melbourne!" Shouts various and confused at last made Daisy comprehend they were cheering her. So she gave them a little courtesy or two, and walked off again as fast as she thought ...

— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell

... and was more than delighted to learn that these books were there for borrowing, on the sole condition that they should be returned. He learned, later, that under the guise of a library to lend books, all sorts of little plans were done for the cheering of the lives of those who lived in isolated portions of the mountain range. The boy had not been twenty-four hours under the doctor's roof, yet he was quite at home, and sorry to go when the Supervisor rode up. He had been careful to groom Kit very thoroughly, and she was standing saddled at ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Foresters • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... Marengo joined; and a salute was then fired—a full broadside—from the four guns. Francois, to complete the thing, seized one of the paddles, and leaping into the canoe, shot the little craft out upon the bosom of the pond, cheering all the while ...

— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid

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