coupure (kopur)

[F., OF. cor, cuer, etc., heart: see core1, heart, and -age.] 11. Heart; mind; thought; feeling; inclination; desire. Swiche a gret corage Hadde this knight to ben a wedded man. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 10. And ther-fore telle me what wey ye purposeth yow to go, and after I shall telle yow my corage, and why I have sente for to speke with yow and my cosins youre bretheren. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 190. I had such a courage to do him good. Shak., T. of A., iii. 3. IMG:content-1472.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1473.png:[blocks in formation] Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it... courage which arises from the sense of our duty acts always in a uniform manner. Add is on , Guardian. Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. J. C. and A. W. Hare , Gue es at Truth. Dutch courage. See Dutch . Syn. 3. Fortitude, fearle ne , daring, hardihood, gallantry, spirit, pluck. For comparison, see brave .