Cheer \Cheer\, v. t. [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.
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   2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to
      inspirit; to solace or comfort.
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            The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers;
      as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
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   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.
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	cheering
    adj 1: providing freedom from worry [syn: comforting,
           cheering, satisfying]
    n 1: encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's
         all over but the shouting" [syn: cheering, shouting]

	

	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