What does hearten mean?
Definitions for hearten
ˈhɑr tnheart·en
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Princeton's WordNet
cheer, hearten, recreate, emboldenverb
give encouragement to
Wiktionary
heartenverb
To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Heartenverb
Etymology: from heart.
Palladius blaming those that were slow, heartening them that were forward, but especially with his own example leading them, made an impression into the squadron. Philip Sidney.
My royal father, cheer these noble lords,
And hearten those that fight in your defence:
Unsheath your sword, good father; cry, St. George! William Shakespeare.This rare man, Tydides, would prepare;
That he might conquer, hearten’d him, and taught him tricks. George Chapman, Iliads.Thus hearten’d well, and flesh’d upon his prey,
The youth may prove a man another day. Dryden.The ground one year at rest; forget not then
With richest dung to hearten it again. Thomas May, Virg. Georg.
Webster Dictionary
Heartenverb
to encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden
Heartenverb
to restore fertility or strength to, as to land
Etymology: [From Heart.]
Anagrams for hearten »
Teheran
earthen
enheart
naether
traheen
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hearten in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hearten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of hearten in a Sentence
Edward R. Murrow, On Winston Churchill, 1954:
He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.
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