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Meaning of 'encourage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Encourage [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'encourage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . encourage [ v]
Meaning (1):
- spur on
Example in sentence:
  • His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife
Meaning (2):
- contribute to the progress or growth of
Example in sentence:
  • I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom

Nearby Words:

encage encaged encalendar encamp encamped encamping encampment encanker encapsulation encarnalize

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