accourage

present singular third person accourages · participle present accouraging · participle past accouraged · past accouraged

1. EarlyModernobsoleteTo encourage.

   But he endevored with ſpeaches milde Her to recomfort, and accourage bold, Bidding her feare no more her foeman vilde, Nor doubt himſelfe: […]

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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   […] 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, [I grant them money].

   c. 1540, an act of Henry VIII, quoted in A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry →ISBN

   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 […]

   1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete gathered oute of Philip Melanchton/ Johan Ecolampadius/ Conrade Pellicane & out of Johan Draconite