Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Courage

Courage (kur"aj; 48) , noun

[Old English corage heart, mind, will, courage, Old French corage, French courage, from a Late Latin derivative of Latin cor heart. See Heart.]

1.
The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. [Obsolete]
So priketh hem nature in here corages. — Chaucer
My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. — Shakespeare
2.
Heart; inclination; desire; will. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
I'd such a courage to do him good. — Shakespeare
3.
That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.
The king-becoming graces... Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. — Shakespeare
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. — Addison

Courage , transitive verb

To inspire with courage; to encourage. [Obsolete]
Paul writeth unto Timothy... to courage him. — Tyndale