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Cheer   /tʃɪr/   Listen
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."


noun
Cheer  n.  
1.
The face; the countenance or its expression. (Obs.) "Sweat of thy cheer."
2.
Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. "Be of good cheer." "The parents... fled away with heavy cheer."
3.
Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. "I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have."
4.
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."
What cheer? How do you fare? What is there that is cheering?





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... this came to cheer Valentinois, who, moreover, had now the Pope and France to depend upon. Further, and in view of that same protection, the Orsini were already treating with him for a reconciliation, despite the fact that the Orsini blood was scarce dry upon ...
— The Life of Cesare Borgia • Raphael Sabatini
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... myself sharply reined in, I rebelled, took the bit between my teeth, and dashed straight away into the midst of the fight, spite of all my rider could do. The men thought their captain led them on, and with a cheer they followed, carrying ...
— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 - Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. • Louisa M. Alcott
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... ahead of the dogs. Never knew it to fail, yet. But his thought leaped ahead to the palace under the lazy Mediterranean sky—and how would it be with Loraine then? No frost, no trail, no famine now and again to cheer the monotony, and she getting older and piling it on with every sunrise. While this girl Freda—he sighed his unconscious regret that he had missed being born under the flag of the Turk, ...
— The God of His Fathers • Jack London
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... some of the Nymphs, and all the Bacchanals of old. But to those who could not and would not accept a mess of pottage, or a Circe cup, in lieu of their birthright, and to these others who have yet their choice to make, I say, Courage! I have some words of cheer for you. A man, himself of unbroken purity, reported to me the words of a foreign artist, that "the world would never be better till men subjected themselves to the same laws they had imposed on women;" that artist, he added, was true to the ...
— Woman in the Ninteenth Century - and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition - and Duties, of Woman. • Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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... little earnings. But then he was quite liberal and free with his money. He added to their prison fare such various improvements as his abundance of money enabled him to buy. He had brought with him the foundation of good cheer in a capacious bottle which emerged the first night from his pocket, for he said he never went to jail without his provision; then hot water, and sugar, and lemons, and peppermint drops were all forthcoming ...
— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe
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