encourage (verb)
31bear up — verb endure cheerfully (Freq. 1) She bore up under the enormous strain • Hypernyms: ↑digest, ↑endure, ↑stick out, ↑stomach, ↑bear, ↑stand, ↑tolerate, ↑ …
32keep going — verb 1. continue uninterrupted The disease will run on unchecked The party kept going until 4 A.M. • Syn: ↑run on • Hypernyms: ↑continue, ↑go on, ↑proceed, ↑go along, ↑ …
33recreate — verb 1. give new life or energy to (Freq. 4) A hot soup will revive me This will renovate my spirits This treatment repaired my health • Syn: ↑animate, ↑reanimate, ↑revive, ↑ …
34urge — verb encourage or entreat earnestly to do something. ↘strongly recommend. ↘encourage to move more quickly. ↘(urge someone on) encourage someone to continue. noun a strong desire or impulse. Derivatives urging noun Origin C16: from L. urgere press …
35discourage — verb 1) we want to discourage children from smoking Syn: deter from, dissuade from, disincline from, put off, talk out of; advise against, urge against; archaic discountenance from Ant: encourage 2) she was discouraged by his hostile tone …
36rope in — verb 1. divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope off, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in …
37root for — verb take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for We all rooted for the home team I m pulling for the underdog Are you siding with the defender of the title? • Syn: ↑pull • Hypernyms: ↑side …
38bear up — verb Date: 1606 transitive verb support, encourage intransitive verb to summon up courage, resolution, or strength < bearing up under the strain > …
39fortify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English fortifien, from Anglo French fortifier, from Late Latin fortificare, from Latin fortis strong Date: 15th century transitive verb to make strong: as a. to strengthen and secure (as a town) by forts or… …
40abet — verb /əˈbɛt/ a) To assist or encourage by aid or countenance, especially in crime. Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors. b) To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain. Our duty… …
