Encourage /(?; 48)/

En·cour·age

Encourage

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Encouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging

  1. To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
    David encouraged himself in the Lord.
    — 1 Sam. xxx. 6.