cowaralike

& adv. [Eng. coward, and like.] A. As adj.: Like a coward; timid, spiritle . B. As adv. In a cowardly manner; like a coward. extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward dike with trembling terror die." Shakesp.: Tarquin and Lucrece. "If I should, coward - like , surrender up The interest which the inheritance of your virtue, And mine own thrifty fate, can claim in honor." Beaum, & Flet.: Laves of Candy. *cow-ard, *cou-ard, v . t . [COWARD, 8.] To make coward; to intimidate. "That hath so cowarded and chased your blood Out of appearance?" -Shakesp.: Henry V. , ii. 2. cow-ard-içe, s . [Fr. couardise ; Ital. codar digia .] Extreme timidity; utter lack of spirit or courage. "Again moderation was despised as cowardice, or ex ecrated as treachery." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xv. *cow-ard-le, *cou-ard-ie, *cow-ard-y, *coward-ye, s. [O. Fr. couardie , cuardie ; Ital. cod. ardia ; Sp. & Port.cobardia .] Cowardice, timidity. " Cowardy it torneth into hard i e e."- Gower : iii. 147. *cow-ard-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [COWARD, V.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip. adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making coward or de priving of spirit. *cow-ard-ize, v. t. [Eng. coward; -ize.] To make cowardly. "Wickedne naturally tends to dishearten and coward. ize men."-Scott: Serm. before the Artill. Comp., 1680. *cow-ard-ized, pa . par . or a. [COWARDIZE, v.] *cow-ard-iz-ing, pr . par . , a . & s. [COWARDIZE.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making cowardly. cow-ard-li-ne , s. [Eng. cowardly; -ne .] The quality of being cowardly; cowardice, timidity, pusillanimity.