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hearten

heart·en [ hrt'n ] (past and past participle heart·ened, present participle heart·en·ing, 3rd person present singular heart·ens)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
encourage: to make somebody feel more cheerful and hopeful

[<heart in the obsolete sense "encourage"]

heart·en·ing adjective
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