Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHEER, n.

1. A shout of joy; as, they gave three cheers.
2. A state of gladness or joy; a state of animation, above gloom and depression of spirits, but below mirth, gayety and jollity. Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. – Matth. ix. Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. – Acts xxvii.
3. Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast.
4. Invitation to gayety. – Shak.
5. Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions for a feast. – Shak. The table was loaded with good cheer. – Irving.
6. Air of countenance, noting a greater or less degree of cheerfulness. His words their drooping cheer / Enlightened. – Milton.