- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Encourage.
- (a.) Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "encouraging" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/encouraging/definitions/2003049> |