upcheer

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ cheer.

Verb

upcheer (third-person singular simple present upcheers, present participle upcheering, simple past and past participle upcheered)

1. (transitive, archaic) To cheer up.

   Synonyms: elate, happify; see also Thesaurus:gladden

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The sad Briana which all this beheld ;
     Who comming forth yet full of late affray Sir Calidore upcheard

Anagrams

• Pecheur, cheer up