Word Finder - encourage

definition

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

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I encouraged him during his race.

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To spur on, strongly recommend.

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We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.

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To foster, give help or patronage

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The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

I think you will not encourage him.

It was intended to encourage her, but it was more a distraction.

If his father was that ill, maybe she could encourage him to go to the doctor.

Anatole smiled as though to encourage her.

Our Emperor joined the army to encourage it to defend every inch of Russian soil and not to retreat.

If you didn't trust me with other men, why did you encourage it?

Don't encourage him, Carmen.

Wealth and society encourage civilization, which is advantageous to everyone.

Then again, maybe he thought she was trying to encourage Rob.

To encourage culture and philanthropy is all very well of course.

Many celebrities encourage young children to aspire for greatness.

He told her not to encourage him.

No, if you must know, he was trying to encourage me to get out and date.

I wasted no time telephoning the Leblanc's number to encourage my wife to return home.

Carmen would want to encourage him in this and Katie would consider it a social achievement.

Patriotic efforts are made to encourage the use of Hebrew both for writing and speaking, but the continued existence of it as a literary language depends on the direction in which the future history of the Jews will develop.

Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them?

Of course, Mr. Cade hardly seemed the seductive type and she certainly wasn't going to encourage it.

The knowledge made her want to scream, knowing she'd spent years blindly letting him talk to her like this and encourage her with pretty words, while he ensured the tumor in her head killed her.

The reception it met with was not calculated to encourage constitutional methods.

The restaurant space here is one large, clean, open boisterous room where sassy servers encourage you to eat more.

In character he was modest, kind and sympathetic, ever ready to help and encourage serious students, generous in his judgment of the works of others, a most cheery companion, full of wit and humour.

They can encourage her to take risks with higher yielding crops.

He told her not to encourage Rob.

I did nothing to encourage him and you did absolutely nothing to prevent it.

The king did indeed make her the confidante of his affairs and of his resentment against the cardinal, but she, far from repeating his confidences to the minister, set herself to encourage the king in his resistance to Richelieu's dominion.

Having secretly become a Christian, Sebastian was wont to encourage those of his brethren who in the hour of trial seemed wavering in their profession.

When this is over, I'll encourage Darian to hunt your kind as well.

In the meantime he needed to encourage Carmen to become more careful about her own safety.

These would be expected to encourage commuters to switch from car to other modes.

The philosophy of Plato is dialogue trying to become science; that of Aristotle science retaining traces of dialectic. Secondly as regards subjectmatter, even in his early writings Aristotle tends to widen the scope of philosophic inquiry, so as not only to embrace metaphysics and politics, but also to encourage rhetoric and poetics, which Plato tended to discourage or limit.

In more difficult situations, give everyone a chance to speak, but not all at once, and encourage brevity.

For those members who do not normally attend church we would encourage you to take part too.

Their approach should encourage other medical funders to follow suit.

Local authorities should encourage householders to compost at home.

So it seems particularly invidious to encourage the use of other smokable drugs, such as cannabis.

Besides general symptoms that may encourage a pediatrician to order the TORCH panel of tests, each of the TORCH infections has its own origins and may have a characteristic cluster of symptoms in newborns.

Crowded living conditions and poor hygiene encourage the spread of poliovirus.

There are many strategies that parents can undertake to help encourage healthy attitudes toward weight, food, and exercise in their children.

Parents who model truth telling and praise honesty will encourage trust in the parent-child relationship.

There are treatments to encourage breast milk production and to combat postpartum difficulties.

Parents should encourage adolescents, especially girls, to eat other foods rich in calcium, such as cheese, salmon, and broccoli.

Parents should encourage the aggressive child to come to them when they are upset, hopefully before violence occurs.

Encourage him to be more active during the day.

Now, while it is important that your child learns how to fall asleep on her own, there are certain steps you can take to encourage her to sail off into dreamland.

For new mothers or expectant mothers, these bibs are fantastic because they reduce clean-up efforts after meals and encourage babies to develop independence in eating.

Basket of books - Want to encourage a baby boy's love of reading?

Toddler behavior problems aren't unusual, but how parents handle these problems can encourage significant changes in a child's behavior patterns.

While you certainly want to address negative behaviors immediately, it's just as important to use positive reinforcement and praise to encourage those positive behaviors that your child exhibits.

Good habits start young, and one great way to encourage reading and learning is to visit the library together at least once a week.