enhearten
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɛnˈhɑːtə̆n/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɛnˈhɑɹtən/
Verb
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
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol III, p1935, enhearten