"hearten" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈhɑːtn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑɹtn̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hearten.wav Forms: heartens [present, singular, third-person], heartening [participle, present], heartened [participle, past], heartened [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən Etymology: From heart + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heart|en|id2=inchoative}} heart + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} hearten (third-person singular simple present heartens, present participle heartening, simple past and past participle heartened)
  1. (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to. Tags: transitive Derived forms: dishearten, enhearten Translations (to give heart to, to encourage): насърчавам (nasǎrčavam) (Bulgarian), окуражавам (okuražavam) (Bulgarian), bemoedigen (Dutch), kuraĝigi (Esperanto), kannustaa (Finnish), rohkaista (Finnish), encourager (French), ermutigen (German), bátorít (Hungarian), buzdít (Hungarian), rincuorare (Italian), incoraggiare (Italian), бодри (bodri) (Macedonian), animar (Portuguese), воодушевля́ть (vooduševljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), воодушеви́ть (vooduševítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вдохновля́ть (vdoxnovljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вдохнови́ть (vdoxnovítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ободря́ть (obodrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ободри́ть (obodrítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подба́дривать (podbádrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подбодря́ть (podbodrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подбодри́ть (podbodrítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), alentar (Spanish), animar (Spanish), uppmuntra (Swedish)

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