hearten
hor tuhn
- v give encouragement to
- The notably mild Warner-Levin resolution of disapproval would "discourage our troops and hearten our enemies," he said.
- Said the Dean of Prescot at Lancashire: "The recollection and commemoration of men and women who died for genuine religious convictions will hearten not only Catholics but many .
- Even so, the attacks on the kiss became so vocal that an exasperated Lieberman told one group of Democrats "I didn't kiss him back," a response that didn't exactly hearten them.