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encourage > define

verb

  • Contribute to the progress or growth of.
    • usage: "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
  • Inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to.
  • Spur on.
    • usage: "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary