ENCOURAGE


Meaning of ENCOURAGE in English

■ verb give support, confidence, or hope to.

↘help or stimulate the development of.

Derivatives

~ment noun

~r noun

encouraging adjective

encouragingly adverb

Origin

ME: from Fr. ~r , from en- 'in' + corage 'courage'.

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