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English Dictionary: encouraging by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encouraging
adj
  1. giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
    Antonym(s): discouraging
  2. furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
    Synonym(s): encouraging, supporting
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a.
      Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. --
      {En*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv.
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