bemoedigen — meaning in English

English meaning

• empower verb To give someone the authority or legal right to do something.
• encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
• hearten verb To make someone feel more confident, cheerful or encouraged.

Senses

bemoedigen is used for these senses in English:

• empower (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
• encourage To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
• hearten (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

empower — full definition

1. verb To give someone the authority or legal right to do something.
2. verb To give someone greater confidence or control over their own life.

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