I also had friends who gave me a great deal of encouragement...
Thanks for your advice and encouragement.
...the notion that tax encouragements and the like would be sufficient to increase people's appetite for supporting charity.
English dictionary. 2008.
encouragement — Encouragement … Thresor de la langue françoyse
encouragement — [ ɑ̃kuraʒmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1564; « courage » fin XIIe; de encourager 1 ♦ Action d encourager. ⇒ incitation. « En matière de signes d encouragement, l amoureux n est pas difficile » (Maurois). Société d encouragement, nom de nombreuses sociétés… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Encouragement — En*cour age*ment, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.] 1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. [1913 Webster] All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. [1913 Webster] 2. That which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encouragement — ENCOURAGEMENT. s. mas. Ce qui encourage. Les Arts, les Manufactures ont besoin d encouragement. Les louanges sagement placées sont des encouragemens à la vertu, pour la vertu … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
encouragement — 1560s, from ENCOURAGE (Cf. encourage) + MENT (Cf. ment), or from M.Fr. encoragement. As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full… … Etymology dictionary
Encouragement — (fr., spr. Angkuraschmang), Ermuthigung, Antrieb; daher Encouragiren (spr. Angkuraschiren), ermuntern; Encourageant (spr. Angkuraschang), aufmunternd … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
encouragement — index advocacy, approval, auspices, catalyst, contribution (participation), favor (sanction), gu … Law dictionary
encouragement — [n] help, support advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration,… … New thesaurus
encouragement — [en kʉr′ijmənt, in kʉr′ijmənt] n. 1. an encouraging or being encouraged 2. something that encourages … English World dictionary
encouragement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, strong ▪ a little, gentle ▪ the slightest ▪ Given the slightest encouragement, he d leave his job … Collocations dictionary
encouragement — n. 1) to give, offer, provide encouragement 2) to find encouragement in 3) warm encouragement * * * [ɪn kʌrɪdʒmənt] offer provide encouragement to find encouragement in to give warm encouragement … Combinatory dictionary
