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enheartening

enheartening is the present participle and gerund 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 enheartening

What is enheartening the present participle and gerund of?
Enheartening is the present participle and gerund of enhearten.

Words near enheartening in the dictionary

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

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