encouraged

Variant of encourage

encourage definition

en·cour·age (en kʉr′ij, in-)

transitive verb encouraged -·aged, encouraging -·ag·ing

  1. to give courage, hope, or confidence to; embolden; hearten
  2. to give support to; be favorable to; foster; help

Etymology: ME encouragen < OFr encoragier: see en- & courage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.