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heartened

heartened is the simple past and past participle of hearten.

Meaning of hearten

Verb

hearten (third-person singular simple present heartens, present participle heartening, simple past and past participle heartened)

  1. (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
    • hearten the crowd
    Antonyms:
    dishearten

Words formed from heartened

Questions about heartened

What is heartened the simple past and past participle of?
Heartened is the simple past and past participle of hearten.

Words near heartened in the dictionary

  1. hearted
  2. heartedly
  3. heartedness
  4. heartednesses
  5. hearten
  6. heartened
  7. heartener
  8. hearteners
  9. heartenest
  10. hearteneth
  11. heartening

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