hearten

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To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to
{v} to stir up, encourage, manure, do good
If someone is heartened by something, it encourages them and makes them cheerful. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday The news heartened everybody. = cheer + heartened heart·ened I feel heartened by her progress + heartening heart·en·ing This is heartening news. to make someone feel happier and more hopeful   dishearten
give encouragement to
{f} comfort; encourage; cheer
To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden
To restore fertility or strength to, as to land
hearteningly
In a heartening way; cheeringly
heartened
past of hearten
heartening
present participle of hearten
heartening
cheerfully encouraging
hearteningly
encouragingly, cheeringly
heartens
third-person singular of hearten
hearten
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