HEARTEN

cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden

(verb) give encouragement to

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

hearten (third-person singular simple present heartens, present participle heartening, simple past and past participle heartened)

(transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

Anagrams

• Teheran, earneth, earthen, rhenate

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"en, v. t. Etym: [From Heart.]

1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak.

2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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