hearten

English

Etymology

From heart +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtən/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tən

Verb

hearten (third-person singular simple present heartens, present participle heartening, simple past and past participle heartened)

1. (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hearten

infinitive	(to) hearten
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hearten	heartened
2nd-person singular
3rd-person singular	heartens
plural	hearten
subjunctive	hearten	heartened
imperative	hearten	—
participles	heartening	heartened

Translations

to give heart to, to encourage

• Bulgarian: насърчавам (bg) (nasǎrčavam), окуражавам (bg) (okuražavam)
• Dutch: bemoedigen (nl)
• Esperanto: kuraĝigi
• Finnish: kannustaa (fi), rohkaista (fi)
• French: encourager (fr)
• German: ermutigen (de)
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• Hungarian: bátorít (hu), buzdít (hu)
• Italian: rincuorare (it), incoraggiare (it)
• Portuguese: animar (pt)
• Russian: воодушевля́ть (ru) impf (vooduševljátʹ), воодушеви́ть (ru) pf (vooduševítʹ); вдохновля́ть (ru) impf (vdoxnovljátʹ), вдохнови́ть (ru) pf (vdoxnovítʹ); ободря́ть (ru) impf (obodrjátʹ), ободри́ть (ru) pf (obodrítʹ); подба́дривать (ru) impf (podbádrivatʹ), подбодря́ть (ru) impf (podbodrjátʹ), подбодри́ть (ru) pf (podbodrítʹ)
• Spanish: alentar (es), animar (es)
• Swedish: uppmuntra (sv)

Anagrams

• Teheran, earneth, earthen, rhenate