Definition of Encourage. Meaning of Encourage. Synonyms of Encourage

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Definition of Encourage

Encourage
Encourage En*cour"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. --1 Sam. xxx. 6. Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.

Meaning of Encourage from wikipedia

- ****ual activity. The organization runs support groups led by a priest to encourage its members to abstain from acting on their homo****ual desires and to...
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- Be Encouraged Tour was a headlining concert tour by American recording artist, Chance the Rapper, in support of his third mixtape, Coloring Book (2016)...
- promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: To encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport as well...
- admiral from time to time to encourage the others" (Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres). Byng was the...
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- world's legal systems. The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the creation of a wide variety of intellectual goods. To achieve this...