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| en·cour·age [ in kúr ij, en kúr ij ] (past and past participle en·cour·aged, present participle en·cour·ag·ing, 3rd person present singular en·cour·ag·es) |
transitive verb |
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1. give somebody hope or confidence: to give somebody hope, confidence, or courage
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2. urge somebody to do something: to motivate somebody to take a course of action or continue doing something
  encouraged me to finish the course
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3. foster something: to assist something to occur or increase
encourage new solutions to traffic problems
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| [15th century. < French encoragier< en- "cause" + corage "courage"] |
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| en·cour·ag·ing adjective |
| en·cour·ag·ing·ly adverb |
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