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Hearten   /hˈɑrtən/   Listen
verb
Hearten  v. t.  
1.
To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. "Hearten those that fight in your defense."
2.
To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.





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"Hearten" Quotes from Famous Books



... boy—interest and interruptions and all. Brain working like clockwork at more than railroad speed the entire time. Everything cut and dried. Start to-night for Dera Galib to pick up my men. But those two poor chaps must have a letter to hearten them up at once. The kasid can move faster than we can, so we'll have him in and question him a little before writing. Must pay our Mr James the compliment of passing on the news, and enlightening him as ...
— The Path to Honour • Sydney C. Grier
... distinctly marked characteristics. They are unlike to the period before them in many respects, but completely similar in others; they have a preparatory character throughout; they all bear on the future work of the disciples, and hearten them for the time when they ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts • Alexander Maclaren
... moods, and they left their own lines upon his face. But he had one thing to hearten him, and that was the steady progress of his broken leg toward recovery. A long, tedious process it was, of necessity; but as nearly as he could judge, the bone was knitting together and would be straight and strong again, if he did not try to hurry it too much. He tried to keep count of the ...
— The Ranch at the Wolverine • B. M. Bower
... brae with your grandfather and help him if there is anything wrong with old Kelso. And cheer him up, my lassie. Tell him about the meeting, and the Sunday-school; say anything you think of to hearten him. You ken well how to ...
— David Fleming's Forgiveness • Margaret Murray Robertson
... sight of two skeletons would hearten you up, Carey, until you'd be as saucy as a badger. But you're as tame as a pet fox now, so let's get down to business. Don't argue with me. I've got you where the hair is short; I want a million dollars, and if I do not get it within half an hour I ...
— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne


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