Definition of Hearten

1. Verb. Give encouragement to. "The performance is likely to hearten Sue"

Exact synonyms: Cheer, Embolden, Recreate
Specialized synonyms: Buck Up, Take Heart
Generic synonyms: Encourage
Derivative terms: Cheering
Antonyms: Dishearten

Definition of Hearten

1. v. t. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

Definition of Hearten

1. Verb. To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hearten

1. to give courage to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Hearten

1. 1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. "Hearten those that fight in your defense." (Shak) 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land. Origin: From Heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearten

heartburned
heartburning
heartburnings
heartburns
heartcare
heartcut
heartcuts
heartcutting
heartdear
heartdeep
hearte
hearted
heartedly
heartedness
heartednesses
hearten (current term)
heartened
heartener
hearteners
heartening
hearteningly
heartens
heartes
heartfelt
heartfeltly
heartfeltness
heartfree
heartful
heartfulness
heartfuls

Literary usage of Hearten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... hearten.] To discourage ; to deject j to terrify; to depress. To dishearten with fearful sentences, as though salvation could hardly be hoped for, ..."

2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"'Tis done so well already, there's no need. LIB. IV. 270 You hearten up your army for the fight; ..."

3. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... in divers Letters described, Dutch abusive devises by lyes to delude and dis-hearten our men: divers Extracts of Letters of Master *in Master ..."

4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... divers Letters described, Dutch abusive devises by lyes to delude and dis-hearten our men : divers Extracts of Letters of Master ..."

5. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"And, to discountenance, is—To discourage, to di§- hearten ; to abash, to put out of countenance, to refuse or deny support or patronage. ..."

6. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... in divers Letters described, Dutch abusive devises by lyes to delude and dis-hearten our men: divers Extracts of Letters of Master * In Master ..."

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