enhearten
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈhɑːtə̆n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛnˈhɑɹtən/
Verb edit
enhearten (third-person singular simple present enheartens, present participle enheartening, simple past and past participle enheartened)
- To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten.
- 1954, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Vol 3[1], Houghton Mifflin Co., page 164:
- But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.
References edit
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol III, p1935, enhearten