1. to make or render cowardly; to cause to act in a cowardly manner
Usage: archaic; literary; transitive

Examples

• The threat of punishment did not becoward him.
• She refused to be becowarded by their insults.
• His harsh words seemed designed to becoward the younger soldiers.
• No amount of danger could becoward a true hero.
• The general would not allow fear to becoward his troops.