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      encourage
      verb
      To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
      To spur on, strongly recommend.
      To foster, give help or patronage.
      Roots
      corcour- · Latin · heart
      Synonyms for encourage
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      The word encourage breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cour-, from Latin cor (“heart”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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