encourage
English
/ɪnˈkʌɹɪdʒ/, /ɪnˈkɝɹɪdʒ/
verb
Definitions
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
- To foster, give help or patronage
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English encouragen prefix from English corage.
Origin
English
corage
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corage English
- encourageable English
- encourager English
- encouragest English
- encourageth English
- overencourage English
- reencourage English
- *aljanōną Proto-Germanic
- *balþijaną Proto-Germanic
- bieldan Old English
- byldan Old English
- elnian Old English
- gehiertan Old English
- hathiertan Old English
- hiertan Old English
- belden Middle English
- elnen Middle English
- encouragen Middle English