enhearten en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɛnˈhɑɹtən/ (General-American)
- /ɛnˈhɑːtə̆n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From en- + heart + -en.
Meanings
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To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten.
But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.
1954, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Vol 3, Houghton Mifflin Co., page 164:[…] it is only with difficulty that they are induced to make the enheartening prayer “May the gods fight on our side.”
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 136:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enheartening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enheartens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enheartened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enheartened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |