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English
Etymology
From Old French acoragier; à (from Latin ad) + corage. See courage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈkɜɹɪd͡ʒ/, /əˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/
Verb
accourage (third-person singular simple present accourages, present participle accouraging, simple past and past participle accouraged)
- (Early Modern, obsolete) To encourage.
- c. 1540, an act of Henry VIII, quoted in A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry →ISBN:
- willing the comfort of al merchauntes in accouraging of them willing to make any ship or shippes, and also towardes the supportacion of the costes and charges of the said Nicholas, .
1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete gathered oute of Philip Melanchton/ Johan Ecolampadius/ Conrade Pellicane & out of Johan Draconite:Aftir two yeres Philometor obtayned helpe of the Roma[n]s to reamer his lost cities, and thus accouraged of [=by] the Romans he expelled his auuncles syriake hoste […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:But he endevored with ſpeaches milde
Her to recomfort, and accourage bold,
Bidding her feare no more her foeman vilde,
Nor doubt himſelfe: […]
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