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Definition of Encouraged
1. Adjective. Inspired with confidence. "Felt bucked up by his success"
Definition of Encouraged
1. Verb. (past of encourage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encouraged
1. encourage [v] - See also: encourage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encouraged
Literary usage of Encouraged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1899)
"How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision. Although I had less than a minute for
reflection, I felt, by a kind of instinct, that I must conceal my ..."
2. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"To be in vogue is a matter of luck, yet it can be encouraged by skill, for art
can best take root on a soil favoured by nature. There goodwill grows and ..."