Encourage

Meaning

Verb

●

To

support; to

, give

,

or spirit.

●

To

,

recommend.

●

To

, give help or patronage

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Origin

encourage

English

encoragen

Middle English (1100-1500)

encoragier

Anglo-Norman

encoragier

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

corage

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

cor

Latin

cors

Latin

en-

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

in

Latin

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