encourage

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. (transitive) To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  2. (transitive) To spur on, strongly recommend.
  3. (transitive) To foster, give help or patronage.

Berevajî
discourage, dishearten
Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier. Displaced native Old English hiertan, tyhtan, and trymman. By surface analysis, en- + courage.

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