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incoraggiare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abet verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
  • empower verb To give someone the authority or legal right to do something.
  • encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • further verb To help advance or promote something.
  • hearten verb To make someone feel more confident, cheerful or encouraged.
  • nourish verb To feed something so it grows and stays healthy.
  • nurture noun Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.
  • prod verb To poke someone or something, usually with a finger or pointed object.
  • reinforce verb To make something stronger by adding extra support or material.
  • spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
  • urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.

Senses

incoraggiare is used for these senses in English:

  • abet (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]
  • cheer up (intransitive, idiomatic) To become happier or less downcast.
  • 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.
  • foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
  • further (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
  • hearten (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

abet — full definition

  1. verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
  2. verb To support or back up a good cause, opinion or action.
  3. verb To push someone towards doing something worthwhile.
  4. verb (dated) To back a prediction by putting money on it.

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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