encourage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: encourage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for encourage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encourage v contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" Synonym(s): promote, advance, boost, further, encourage inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to Antonym(s): discourage spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
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.