Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-HEART'EN
DISH'-CLOTH, or DISH'-CLOUTDIS-HEART'EN-ED
DIS-HEART'EN, v.t. [dishart'n; dis and heart.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage; to depress the spirits; to deject; to impress with fear; as, it is weakness to be disheartened by small obstacles.
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