transitive. To give heart or courage to (a person, etc.); to inspire with confidence, to embolden; to encourage, to animate; = hearten, v. 1. In…

transitive. To make bold, encourage; to confirm.

transitive. To make bold or confident (in an intention or course of action); to encourage, incite, spur (on). Now rare.

transitive. To strengthen, hearten, comfort.

transitive. To make hardy or robust; (also) to embolden, encourage. In later use chiefly in to hardy off: = to harden off at harden, v. 12.

transitive. To make bold, embolden, encourage.

transitive. To encourage, embolden.

To indurate, harden. Hence figurative to make callous or indifferent. Also in good sense: to make sturdy or robust, to strengthen. Obsolete.

transitive. To give confidence to, confirm, encourage.

transitive. To make bold, embolden; to incite, encourage.

transitive. To hearten, or inspire with fresh courage; to put heart or spirit back into. Now rare.

transitive. To make bold or hardy; = enhardy, v.

transitive. To keep (a person, the mind, etc.) from negative thoughts or submission; to give courage, confidence, or power of endurance to. Often…

transitive. To make hardy, embolden.

transitive. To fill with boldness, courage, spirit; to encourage. Now rare.

transitive. To inspire with courage, animate, inspirit.

= embolden, v.

To put heart into; to embolden, to encourage; to rouse to fresh energy or enthusiasm; to cheer or lift… transitive. With simple object. Now…

transitive. To make bold, embolden, encourage. reflexive. To take courage, ‘make bold’ (to do a thing).

transitive. To fill or imbue with spirit; esp. to inspire with courage or resolve. Cf. spirit, v. 1.

transitive. To inspire (a person); to encourage, embolden. Frequently with courage, success, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To encourage, hearten.

transitive. figurative. To put heart into, make hearty; to encourage, inspirit.

transitive. To cheer or urge on.

To put heart into; to embolden, to encourage; to rouse to fresh energy or enthusiasm; to cheer or lift the spirits of. transitive. With infinitive.

transitive. To fill with alacrity; = alacrify, v.

transitive. To fill or endow with spirit.

to make brave.

In good spirits; in a positive frame of mind. In later use chiefly in to put in heart: to restore to good spirits, to hearten. Now rare.

transitive. To augment the energy, confidence, or enthusiasm of; to encourage, lift the spirits of. Also reflexive.

transitive. To render bold or more bold; to hearten, encourage.

To make brave, embolden, encourage. Obsolete.

transitive. To make hearty or courageous; to strengthen, cheer.

transitive. To put spirit, life, or energy into; to quicken, enliven, animate; to cheer, encourage; to incite, stir (to something, or to do…

transitive. To instil with renewed or increased courage, confidence, or enthusiasm.

transitive. To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against. Obsolete.

transitive (chiefly reflexive). To make manly or courageous; to brace up; to fortify the spirits or strengthen the courage of. Now rare.

(transitive) to render valiant.

To inflame with pride or passion; to animate, encourage; also with up; rarely, †to initiate in. Cf. flesh, v. 2c, which has influenced the sense.

To establish, settle, confirm (a person, etc.); to strengthen (in resolution), encourage. Obsolete.

figurative. To keep up, keep from sinking, support, sustain (persons, courage, hope, heart, spirits, etc.). (Usually with up.)

To inspire with bravery, render courageous.

transitive. To give fresh courage to, rehearten.

transitive. To give fresh courage or spirit to (a person); to arouse or inspire afresh. Also with with.

transitive. To inspirit again.

to give mettle to: to encourage. Obsolete.

In various figurative uses. To exhort to valour. (Often in Dryden and Pope.) Obsolete.

to lift (up) a person's spirits: to cheer or encourage a person; to improve a person's mood, confidence, or enthusiasm; cf. to raise a person's sp…

transitive. To make manly or courageous again; to make again into a man. Now rare.

to make a man of: to make (a person) mature, fearless, resilient, etc.

transitive. To inspire with fresh spirit or courage; to reinvigorate.

To raise the spirits of (a person), inspirit, encourage; to stimulate, excite; also, to puff up, make proud. Also absol. and (rarely) reflexive.

transitive. To indulge or pamper (a person); to make (a person) proud or self-important by flattery or indulgence. Also: to coddle (a person…

Used in sense of enhardy, v.

transitive. To imbue with courage, to embolden.

transitive. To hoist; ‘to lift or push from behind (one endeavoring to climb); to push up. (Low)’ Webster. Also figurative. To assist over…

figurative. Also reflexive to brace oneself (cf. to gird oneself in gird, v.1 1b); also to brace one's heart, brace energies, etc., in sense of…

transitive. To make courageous or spirited; to vitalize.

transitive. To make brave, embolden.

transitive. To harden, make bold or reckless.