Encourage /(?; 48)/
En·cour·age
Encourage
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Encouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging
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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
David encouraged himself in the Lord.