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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cheer \Cheer\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cheered} (ch[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {cheering}.]
1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. --Cowpe.
2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. --Dryden.
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.
Syn: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cheering
adjective
1: providing freedom from worry [syn: {comforting}, {satisfying}]
2: bringing cheer or gladness; "cheering news"
noun: encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's all over but the shouting" [syn: {shouting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "cheering": animating, assuring, auspicious, bracing, bright with promise, brisk, cheerful, cheery, comforting, condolatory, condolent, condoling, consolatory, consoling, cordial, crisp, crispy, encouraging, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, favorable, fresh, full of promise, glad, gladdening, heart-warming, heartening, hospitable, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, joyful, looking up, of good comfort, of promise, pregnant of good, promising, propitious, reassuring, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, relieving, rousing, stimulating, supportive, sympathetic, tonic, zestful, zesty
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