couragen.[OE. corage heart, mind, will, courage, OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See Heart.]1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.()So priketh hem nature in here corages. (Chaucer.)My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh,
and this soft courage makes your followers faint. (Shak.)2. Heart; inclination; desire; will.(Chaucer.)I'd such a courage to do him good. (Shak.)3. That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.()The king-becoming graces . . .
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them. (Shak.)Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. (Addison.)()v. t. To inspire with courage; to encourage.()Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. (Tyndale.)