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单词 to catch courage
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to catch courage
27. transitive. To be inspired with (valour, spirit, etc.), esp. by observing the actions or qualities of another person. Chiefly in to catch courage.See also to take courage at courage n. 4d, to take heart at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 3k(a).
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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5185 (MED) Þan was þar non..þat ys herte ne bygan to cacche.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §689 Agayns this..synne of Accidie..sholde men..manly and vertuously cacchen corage wel to doon.
a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 155 Þei þat ben putte to fliȝt cacche herte to hem by good counfortinge of here duke.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. H.iiiv Ye Scottes again, wel considering hereby how weak thei remayned, caught courage a fresh.
1764 T. Smollett et al. tr. Voltaire Henriade viii. in Wks. XXIV. 191 Before the van d'Aumale his station took, And the closed lines caught courage from his look.
a1796 J. Maclaurin Wks. (1798) I. 167 The horse,..by the cavalier bestrode, And, catching spirit from his load, From harmless, warlike grown.
1844 Metrop. Mag. May 345 With the same daring courage, from which even faint hearts caught valour, he drove back the enemy.
1896 C. Scollard Skenandoa 37 The men caught heart at his courage.
1911 Eng. Rev. Oct. 479 Only so had Englishmen caught heart to sally forth, discover and dominate the world.
2005 K. Kelly Other Lands have Dreams i. 29 Very ordinary people, from Iraq and the U.S., who caught courage from one another during a time of war.
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