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accouraging

accouraging is the present participle and gerund 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 accouraging

What is accouraging the present participle and gerund of?
Accouraging is the present participle and gerund of accourage.

Words near accouraging in the dictionary

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

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