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enheartened

enheartened is the simple past and past participle of enhearten.

Meaning of enhearten

Verb

enhearten (third-person singular simple present enheartens, present participle enheartening, simple past and past participle enheartened)

  1. To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten.
    • […] it is only with difficulty that they are induced to make the enheartening prayer “May the gods fight on our side.”1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 136

Questions about enheartened

What is enheartened the simple past and past participle of?
Enheartened is the simple past and past participle of enhearten.

Words near enheartened in the dictionary

  1. enhearse
  2. enhearsed
  3. enhearses
  4. enhearsing
  5. enhearten
  6. enheartened
  7. enheartening
  8. enheartens
  9. enhedge
  10. enhedged
  11. enhedges

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