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encourage (verb), encourages; encouraged; encouraging
1. To motivate, to inspire, to urge: The fitness trainer encouraged Mary to concentrate on her leg movements.
2. To prompt, to strongly advocate: The town's government encouraged people to leave their cars at home and go by bus when shopping.
3. To give aid or support, to help bring about: The parents of the students in school encouraged the idea of having new sports equipment and decided to donate money for this purpose.
This entry is located in the following units: -age (page 1) cor-, cord-, cour- (page 3)
encouraging
This entry is located in the following unit: cor-, cord-, cour- (page 3)