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heartened

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heart·en  (härtn)
tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens
To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage.
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heartened [ˈhɑːrtənd] adjencouragé(e)
to be heartened that ... → être encouragé(e) par le fait que ...


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Hicking heartened me like a cordial, for I saw in them at once the engine and decoy by which David should procure his outfit.
Thou hast been that to me, Rachael, through so many year: thou hast done me so much good, and heartened of me in that cheering way, that thy word is a law to me.
In her shyness at the threshold of a laborious and uncertain life, where so much is expected of a ship, she could not have been better heartened and comforted, had she only been able to hear and understand, than by the tone of deep conviction in which my elderly, respectable seaman repeated the first part of his saying, "Ships are all right .
 
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