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accouraged

accouraged is the simple past and past participle of accourage.

Meaning of accourage

Verb

accourage (third-person singular simple present accourages, present participle accouraging, simple past and past participle accouraged)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete) To encourage.
    • […] willing the comfort of al merchauntes in accouraging of them willing to make any ship or shippes, and also towardes the supportacion of the costes and charges of the said Nicholas, [I grant them money].c. 1540, an act of Henry VIII, quoted in A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry →ISBN

Questions about accouraged

What is accouraged the simple past and past participle of?
Accouraged is the simple past and past participle of accourage.

Words near accouraged in the dictionary

  1. accouplement
  2. accouplements
  3. accouples
  4. accoupling
  5. accourage
  6. accouraged
  7. accourages
  8. accouraging
  9. accouri
  10. accourie
  11. accouries

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