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† disenˈcouragement Obs.
Also 7 -in-.
[f. prec.; cf. encouragement.]
Lack or withdrawal of encouragement; disheartenment, discouragement.
1598Barret Theor. Warres iii. ii. 71 The effect whereof shall breede..disencouragement, and weakening to the enemy. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 56 Neither should her present humor give you [a suitor] any cause of disincouragement. 1668G. Etherege She wou'd if she cou'd i. i. Wks. (1723) 90 The utter decay and disencouragement of Trade and Industry. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. i. Pref. 68 Under a temptation of a total Disencouragement. |