Cast down
verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make (a person) discouraged or dejected. transitive
"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."
- 2 lower someone's spirits; make downhearted wordnet
- 3 To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin. transitive
- 4 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down.