hearten
ˈhɑrtən-
(v)
hearten
give encouragement to
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Hearten
To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. "Hearten those that fight in your defense." -
Hearten
To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
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hearten
To give heart or courage to; incite or stimulate the courage of; encourage; animate. -
hearten
To impart strength or fertility to; reinforce: as, to hearten land.
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(v.t)
Hearten
to encourage, stimulate: to add strength to
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary From Heart
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. heorte; Dut. hart, Ger. herz; cog. with L. cor, cordis, Gr. kardia.
I am heartened by his new emphasis on stopping invasive fish. mankatofreepress.com
It was heartening in the past week to listen to stories of bravery and selflessness committed by the pilot, crew and passengers aboard the US Airways jet that went down in the Hudson River. theintelligencer.net
They were heartened by the 2008 arrival of Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni — as the new team president and coach — then distressed to see both men run off. nytimes.com
TERRE HAUTE — Voters' rejection of Mourdock heartening. tribstar.com
Romney's chance at presidency heartens Mormon faithful in Utah. ashingtonpost.com
Manchester DJ and producer Star Slinger has debuted his newest single "Take This Up," a groovy and light-heartened tune, as an added bonus to his recently announced West Coast tour dates. cmj.com
But prominent Mormons and religion experts say Mormons should be heartened that Romney's candidacy appeared to help mainstream the relatively young faith, which was founded in 1830 in upstate New York. koat.com
But Croatian secessionist leaders were heartened by diplomatic support. nytimes.com
US Sen Sherrod Brown has an election-season suggestion today that progressive Democrats might find heartening: Proudly tout the party's accomplishments and contrast them with the Tea Party's faux populism and appeal to fear. cleveland.com
It was really heartening for me, so for me personally, I had an incredibly ... 98country.com
The call actually wasn't unexpected, but the content of the call was very unexpected and very heartening. greensboro.rhinotimes.com
Brewer herself said she is "disappointed" in the decision though "heartened by some findings" in it. rko.com
Their dedication in describing the plot of and their admiration for the women characters in my novel What Is Left the Daughter were especially heartening. nybooks.com
One of Mikhail Gorbachev's more heartening traits is his willingness to break through the barriers of bureaucracy and protocol to reach the people. nytimes.com
Ex-envoy to US heartened by eventful stint. ky3.com
We are heartened by Hardy’s recent ‘causaloid’ work , which suggests that such a combination of such philosophies may indeed be possible (although it is still a long way off ).
Relationalism vs. Bayesianism
It is certainly heartening to see so much progress in one year. I cannot help but take note of a difference between this year’s meeting and previous Rencontres de Moriond that I have attended: the emergence of LEP and Fermilab as B-factories with the help of silicon vertex detectors.
Summary of the XXX Rencontre de Moriond QCD Session
G2 data than the PBE and BLYP functionals, we are heartened by the results here.
Calculation of chemical reaction energies using the AM05 density functional
On the experimental side, as Janet Conrad 5 nicely showed in her plenary talk, it is heartening to see that the SuperKamiokande results are being corroborated by recent analyses of data from MACRO and Soudan.
Summary and Outlook
But the Southern leaders were in little need of heartening: no cause ever had bolder and firmer champions. "Stephen Arnold Douglas" by
It would hearten the mistress could she see how he does be pickin' up. "Reels and Spindles" by
Habit woke her before seven; and she dressed briskly, heartened by a sense of something definite to be done. "Captain Desmond, V.C." by
But he had one thing to hearten him, and that was the steady progress of his broken leg toward recovery. "The Ranch at the Wolverine" by
Heartened, the survivors of the Starving Time turned back to try the New World again. "Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699" by
It was almost worth the walk, she told herself hearteningly. "Sawtooth Ranch" by
But he never boasts, except in speeches to hearten discouraged troops. "Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7" by
Then, "What is to be, must be," said Will, to hearten himself. "Robin Hood" by
The dreams heartened him. "Shaman" by
One reassuring thought came to hearten her. "A Nest of Spies" by
On all his ills intent,
He plied him with the heartening cup
And with him forth he went.
If memory cheer and hearten
Its heavy hours with thoughts of thee,
Sweet summer of St. Martin!
Which further heartens Faith's employ:
Faith like the head, and Sense the heart,
Do mutual vigour fresh impart.
Produce the inner radiance infinite;
Art, pure as Christ, is heartened to exclaim;
I am indeed the Life, the Truth, the Light!
Hearten my lamp that it may shine abroad
Then will they cry—Lo, there is something bright!
Who kindled it if not the shining God?
Once more I feel about my breast the heartening splendors fold.
Now I am back in that good place from which my footsteps came,
And I am hushed of any grief and have laid by my shame.