单词 | encourage |
释义 | † encouragen. Obsolete. rare. = encouragement n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] comfort?c1225 encourage1535 encouragement1550 comfortation1552 countenance1576 cover1581 couragement1603 patronage1610 abettance1781 championship1840 moral support1852 fautorship1863 affirmation1966 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 23 §2 To the great animacion and encourage of thoffendours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). encouragev. 1. transitive. To inspire with courage, animate, inspirit. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)] hearteOE bieldc897 hardenc1175 elnea1225 hardyc1225 boldc1275 hardishc1325 endurec1384 assurec1386 emboldc1400 recomfortc1405 enharda1450 support1479 enhardy1483 animatec1487 encourage1490 emboldishc1503 hearten1524 bolden1526 spright1531 raise1533 accourage1534 enheart1545 to hearten on1555 hearten?1556 alacriate1560 bespirit1574 bebrave1576 to put in heart1579 to hearten up1580 embolden1583 bravea1593 enhearten1610 inspiritc1610 rehearten1611 blood1622 mana1625 valiant1628 flush1633 firm1639 buoy1645 embrave1648 reinhearten1652 reanimate1655 reinspirit1660 to give mettle to1689 warm1697 to lift (up) a person's spirits1711 reman1715 to make a man of1722 respirit1725 elate1726 to cocker up1762 enharden1779 nerve1799 boost1815 brace1816 high-mettle1831 braven1865 brazen1884 α. β. 1551 R. Robinson in tr. T. More Vtopia Epist. sig. ✠vv This verely is ye chieffe cause, yt hath incouraged me.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 71 Prayers..that the God of power and goodnesse, would incourage your hearts.1713 E. Budgell in Guardian 8 Apr. 1/1 Jack was so encouraged at this Success.1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1889) 31 They were..gretly encoraged wyth goode hope. a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1637) 404 God would have Joshua encouraged with all the encouragement that may be. a1649 W. Drummond Skiamachia in Wks. (1711) 203 By encouraging those, who for their own Interest pretend Religion. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 6 That which encourag'd them was, that the City was healthy. 1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 376 Whatever appeals to the imagination..wonderfully encourages and liberates us. 2. Const. to with noun as object or with infinitive. a. To inspire with courage sufficient for any undertaking; to embolden, make confident. ΚΠ α. β. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 101 The wych thyng undowtydly wold incorage basse stomakys to endevur themselfys dylygently.1641 W. Prynne Antipathie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4 To the which I have beene the more incouraged by a Divine Providence.1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 53 Incouraged the Protestants to stand upon their defence.1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaijv Yt they mighte..bee encouraged to do the like. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 158 Presumeth on his force..which encourages him to commit the same again. 1785 W. Cowper Let. 9 Nov. (1981) II. 394 John Gilpin..first encouraged you to write. 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. ii. 19 I feel encouraged to the liberty I am going to take, by the kindness you showed me. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 31 Encourage yourself to say these things now you are in Paris. b. To incite, induce, instigate; in weaker sense, to recommend, advise. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G j b They encorage somme persone to do euyl. 1612 Sir R. Dudley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 7 note To incurrage his Highnes to undertake a matter of that consequence. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 Water him, and..Encourage him to thirst again, with Bran. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 44 We are not encouraging individuals to make right or wrong for themselves. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > invitation > invite [verb (transitive)] bidc1200 prayc1300 desirec1325 invite1553 convite1568 indite1599 encourage1728 book1840 to ask back1844 1728 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs (1739) vi. 86 Ennius..[was] encouraged to Rome by Cato the Quæstor. 3. a. To stimulate (persons or personal efforts) by assistance, reward, or expressions of favour or approval; to countenance, patronize; also, in bad sense, to abet. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] shoveOE to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154 favour1362 abetc1380 sustainc1390 supportc1405 courage1470 comfort1481 friend1550 through-bear1554 countenance1568 foster1569 favourize1585 seconda1586 sidea1601 rally1624 feed1626 countenance1654 encourage1668 inserve1683 to go strong on1822 partake1861 sponsor1884 to hold a brief for1888 root1889 rah-rah1940 affirm1970 babysit1973 barrack- 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 9 A Book published..not to abate their [Students'] Industry, but to incourage it. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 20 Sept. (1965) I. 270 No woman dares appear coquet enough to encourrage 2 lovers at a time. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 46 Paying them [sc. tradesmen] would only be encouraging them. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 629 Why should we call upon government to encourage those who write our books? 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxvi. 642 The bailiffs were allowed to encourage venturous boys in bringing young birds for purposes of training. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1882) vi §3. 293 Among the group who encouraged the press of Caxton [was]..Richard, Duke of Gloucester. b. To allow or promote the continuance or development of (a natural growth, an industry, a sentiment, etc.); to cherish, foster. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 to bring onc1230 advancea1250 speeda1300 nourishc1300 avaunt1393 promotec1433 pasture?a1439 advantage?1459 promove1475 preferc1503 conduce1518 to set forth1528 to set forward(s)1530 to take forth1530 fillip1551 help1559 farther1570 foster1571 shoulder1577 to put forward1579 seconda1586 foment1596 hearten1598 to put on1604 fomentate1613 succeed1613 expeditea1618 producea1618 maturate1623 cultivate1641 encourage1677 push1693 forward1780 progress1780 admove1839 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 63 If the Iron Manufacture be not incouraged. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer i. i. 9 Hum!..I have encourag'd a Pimple here too. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. iii. 31 Books of controversy..are less encouraged. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xviii. 184 Sunshine..encouraged a perceptible growth of flowering plants. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. iii. 30 Tito grasped at a thought more actively cruel than any he had ever encouraged before. 4. nonce-use. a. Humorously: To put spirit into (liquor). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > make intoxicating [verb (transitive)] encourage1655 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. v. 87 in Church-hist. Brit. Erasmus..sometimes incouraged his faint Ale with the mixture. b. To make up for, compensate for. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 71 Encouraging their want of knowledge with store of men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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