Definition of "cordial"

He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.

1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,

The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.

1885, George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, C. Scribner's Sons

The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.

1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “CHAPTER 66”, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […]

And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd.

1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903,

Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;

1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,

Lucy. But, miss Polly—in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ? / Polly. Strong waters are apt to give me the headache.—I hope, madam, you will excuse me?

1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act III, Scene 1, in 1828, British Theatre, Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, 827

[Marilla] had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the closet [...].

1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, L. C. Page & Co.

Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. Never had she felt such a one as this letter contained.

1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 288