To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
The rider pushed on at a rapid pace.
Sir W. Scott.
Push, n. 1. A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a
thing.
2. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove;
as, to give the ball the first push.
3. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or
occasion for action.
Exact reformation is not perfected at the first push.
Milton.
When it comes to the push, 'tis no more than talk.
L' Estrange.
4. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has
push, or he has no push.
[Colloq.]
Syn. -- See Thrust.
Push"er (?), n. One who, or that which, pushes.
Push"ing, a. Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;
energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. -- Push"ing*ly, adv.
Push"pin` (?), n. A child's game played with pins. L. Estrange.
Pu"sil (?), a. [L. pusillus very little.] Very small; little; petty.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty (?), n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimitÈ.]
The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.
The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice.
Shak.
It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . .
pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility.
South.
Syn. -- Cowardliness; cowardice; fear; timidity.
Pu`sil*lan"i*mous (?), a. [L. pusillanimis; pusillus very little (dim.
of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a boy, E. puerile) + animus the mind:
cf. F. pusillanime. See Animosity.] 1. Destitute of a manly or
courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-
spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pusillanimous
prince.
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2. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of
courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and pusillanimous
spirit." Burke.
Syn. -- Cowardly; dastardly; mean-spirited; fainthearted; timid; weak;
feeble.
Pu`sil*lan"i*mous*ly (p`sl*ln"*ms*l), adv. With pusillanimity.