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hearten ['hɑ:tən]encourager, donner du courage à;∎ we were heartened to learn of the drop in interest rates nous avons été contents d'apprendre que les taux d'intérêt avaient baissé -
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verb (to encourage or cheer up: We were greatly heartened by the good news.) encourager -
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buoy [bɔɪ]bouée f( = hearten) porter* * *[bɔɪ] 1.noun gen bouée f; ( for marking) balise f (flottante)2.transitive verb1) (also buoy up) ( make cheerful) revigorer (by par)2) (also buoy up) Finance stimuler [share prices] (by par)3) (also buoy up) lit ( keep afloat) maintenir à flot -
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1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coeur2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) coeur3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coeur4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) courage5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) (de) coeur6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) coeur•- - hearted- hearten - heartless - heartlessly - heartlessness - hearts - hearty - heartily - heartiness - heartache - heart attack - heartbeat - heartbreak - heartbroken - heartburn - heart failure - heartfelt - heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) entretien à coeur ouvert- at heart - break someone's heart - by heart - from the bottom of one's heart - have a change of heart - have a heart! - have at heart - heart and soul - lose heart - not have the heart to - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on - take heart - take to heart - to one's heart's content - with all one's heart -
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A n1 (shout of joy, praise) acclamation f ; to give a cheer pousser une acclamation or un hourra ; to get a big cheer être vigoureusement acclamé ; there were cheers when il y a eu des acclamations quand ; to give three cheers for faire un ban à ; three cheers! un ban!, hourra! ;1 ( toast) à la vôtre ○ ! ; ( to close friend) à la tienne ○ ! ;2 ○ GB ( thanks) merci! ;3 ○ GB ( goodbye) salut!C vtr1 ( applaud) acclamer, applaudir [person, team] ; to be loudly cheered être accueilli par de vives acclamations ;2 ( hearten) réjouir, remonter le moral à [person].■ cheer on:▶ cheer on [sb], cheer [sb] on encourager [qn] (par des acclamations) [person, team].■ cheer up:▶ cheer up reprendre courage, se ressaisir ; cheer up! courage! ;▶ cheer up [sb], cheer [sb] up remonter le moral à [person] ;▶ cheer up [sth], cheer [sth] up égayer [room].
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Hearten — Heart en (h[aum]rt n), v. t. [From {Heart}.] 1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. [1913 Webster] Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hearten — I index assure (give confidence to), promise (raise expectations), reassure II index assure (give confidence to) … Law dictionary
hearten — (v.) c.1200, to encourage, from HEART (Cf. heart) + EN (Cf. en) (1). A verb formed from figurative sense of heart. Related: Heartened; heartening … Etymology dictionary
hearten — *encourage, inspirit, embolden, cheer, nerve, steel Analogous words: *strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize: rally, arouse, rouse, *stir Antonyms: dishearten Contrasted words: *discourage, dispirit, deject: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hearten — [v] raise someone’s spirits animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen; concepts 7,22… … New thesaurus
hearten — ► VERB ▪ make more cheerful or confident. DERIVATIVES heartening adjective … English terms dictionary
hearten — [härt′ n] vt. [ HEART + EN] to cheer up; encourage … English World dictionary
hearten — UK [ˈhɑː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈhɑrt(ə)n] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms hearten : present tense I/you/we/they hearten he/she/it heartens present participle heartening past tense heartened past participle heartened to make someone feel… … English dictionary
hearten — verb the letter from Daphne will hearten him Syn: cheer (up), encourage, raise someone s spirits, boost, buoy up, perk up, inspirit, uplift, elate; comfort, reassure; informal buck up, pep up See note at encourage … Thesaurus of popular words
hearten — v cheer, cheer up, console, comfort, Archaic. recomfort; inspirit, Inf. pep up, buoy up, raise [s.o. s] spirits, pluck up, give [s.o.] a lift; gladden, en hearten, embolden; fortify, strengthen, restore, revi talize, revivify, revive; animate,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hearten — transitive verb (heartened; heartening) Date: 1526 to give heart to ; cheer Synonyms: see encourage • hearteningly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary