Chear
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chear is a noun meaning Obsolete form of cheer.
Meaning
Obsolete form of cheer.
Example Sentences
He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.
The youth ruſh eager to the ſylvan war; / Swarm o’er the lawns, the foreſt walks ſurround, / Rowze the fleet hart, and chear the opening hound.
Piping down the valleys wild /Piping songs of pleasant glee / On a cloud I saw a child. / And he laughing said to me: / "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" / So I piped with merry chear.
The Baroneſs de Roſenheim renewed her exertions to chear the ſpirits of her dejected daughter, as in the great gothic hall, where they uſually eat, they took their melancholy ſupper.
Word Forms
- chears
- chearing
- cheared
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cheare, cheere, charme, choller, cherrie, char.
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