Hearten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage.
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  • v. To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.
  • v. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give heart or courage to; incite or stimulate the courage of; encourage; animate.
  • To impart strength or fertility to; reinforce: as, to hearten land.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give encouragement to
    • Verb Form
    heartened    heartening    heartens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    encourage   
    Hyponym
    take heart    buck up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    encourage    animate    embolden    cheer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Barton    Martin    Spartan    Tartan    barton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bone-crushing    unlimbered    death-defying    student-loan    rib-cracking   
     
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