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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Encourage \En*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F.
     encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See
     Courage.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           David encouraged himself in the Lord.    --1 Sam. xxx.
                                                    6.
  
     Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten;
          incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate;
          countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward;
          strengthen.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Encourage \En*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F.
     encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See
     Courage.]
     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.
  
           David encouraged himself in the Lord.    --1 Sam. xxx.
                                                    6.
  
     Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten;
          incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate;
          countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward;
          strengthen.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  encourage
       v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the
            use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance,
             boost, further]
       2: inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to [ant: discourage]
       3: spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a
          wife"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     Αγγλικά vb.
     ενθαρρύνω, δίνω θάρρος ή κίνητρα σε κάποιον

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     vb.
     1 To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
     2 To spur on, strongly recommend.
     3 To foster, give help or patronage

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     vb.
     1 To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
     2 To spur on, strongly recommend.
     3 To foster, give help or patronage

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     vb.
     1 To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
     2 To spur on, strongly recommend.
     3 To foster, give help or patronage

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     vb.
     1 To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
     2 To spur on, strongly recommend.
     3 To foster, give help or patronage

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     Englanti vb.
     rohkaista

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  encourage
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb encourager)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  encourage /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒ/
  aanmoedig, bemoedig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Encourage /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒ/
  شجّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  encourage //ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ// //ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. насърча́вам, обнадежда́вам, окуража́вам
  mentally support or motivate
  2. насърча́вам, поощря́вам
  spur on, recommend