re-encouragementn.
/ˌriːᵻnˈkʌrᵻdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːɛnˈkʌrᵻdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːᵻŋˈkʌrᵻdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːɛŋˈkʌrᵻdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈkərɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriɛnˈkərɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriᵻŋˈkərɪdʒm(ə)nt/, /ˌriɛŋˈkərɪdʒm(ə)nt/ Further or new encouragement.In quot. 1614 as a count noun.
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1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G6v But, o (my Wernock) how am I to thee Obligen, for thy keene reencouragements.
?1675 A. Daffy Orig. Elixir Salutis 6 I..do (for his re-Incouragement) freely grant him, that the best of his Judgement in Drink-dabling, is altogether, as good, as that of his nameless Patients.
a1705 M. Wigglesworth in C. Mather Faithful Man Described & Rewarded (1705) App. 39 I was full of fears and sad thoughts. But for my Re-encouragement, God Let in these Evidences.
1889 T. A. Dodge Great Captains vi. 207 The immediate result of this ill-ordered operation was the destruction of a corps; the secondary result, the re-encouragement of the allies.
1935 Times 6 Sept. 8/4 The spirit of adventure..requires not rebirth but re-encouragement of this country.
2005 CNN (Nexis) 29 Jan. He never needed re-encouragement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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