To make craven, recreant, weak, or cowardly.
Overcome; conquered; defeated. See to cry craven, below.
Cowardly; pusillanimous; mean-spirited.
to yield in submission; be defeated; fail.
noun.
A mean or base coward; a pusillanimous fellow; a dastard.
noun.
Synonyms Poltroon, Dastard, etc. See coward.