cast down
verbEtymology
From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down.
- inherited from casten doun
Definitions
To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- Disclose it not to the others, for none can strive with Fate and gain the victory, and it would but cast down their hearts. But it is fitting we be ready against evil hap.
To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA