encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose. encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency.

(Definition of encourage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ENCOURAGE definition: to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence. See examples of encourage used in a sentence.

1. To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence. 2. To give support to; foster: policies designed to encourage private investment. 3. To stimulate; spur: burning the field to encourage new plant …

to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence: His coach encouraged him throughout the marathon race to keep on running. to stimulate by assistance, approval, etc.: One of the chief duties of a …

Definition of encourage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you encourage someone, you give them confidence, for example by letting them know that what they are doing is good and telling them that they should continue to do it. When things aren't …

When you encourage someone, you give him or her the courage or confidence to do something, like when you encourage your little brother to play harder by yelling his name from the …

To encourage means to inspire someone with the courage, spirit, or confidence to do something. It involves giving support, approval, or hope. inspire, motivate, support, uplift. She always …

ENCOURAGE meaning: 1 : to make (someone) more determined, hopeful, or confident often used as (be) encouraged sometimes followed by to + verb; 2 : to make (something) more …