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ENCOURAGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inspired with confidence
Example:
felt bucked up by his success
Synonyms:
bucked up; encouraged
Classified under:
Similar:
pleased (experiencing or manifesting pleasure)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb encourage
Context examples:
We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The Turk allowed this intimacy to take place and encouraged the hopes of the youthful lovers, while in his heart he had formed far other plans.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Because the maneuver is effort and volume dependent, the patient must be encouraged to perform as vigorously as clinically feasible.
(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)
Staff members are encouraged to develop relationships with residents.
(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Encouraged by these results, the researchers again increased mTOR activity but then forced mice to use the treated eye during visual stimulation by suturing shut the good eye.
(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)
Facilities designated Cancer Centers generally conduct a combination of basic, population sciences, and clinical research, and are encouraged to stimulate collaborative research involving more than one field of study.
(Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Encouraged by his several small sales, Martin went back to hack-work.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Encouraged by these cries, the young aristocrat advanced upon his man.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The attendant was struck by his manner, and knowing my interest in him, encouraged him to talk.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Mush on, poor sore feets,” the driver encouraged them as they tottered down the main street of Skaguay.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
