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encourage

  • 1 encourage

    1) (to give support, confidence or hope to: The general tried to encourage the troops: You should not encourage him in his extravagance; I felt encouraged by his praise.) hvetja, telja kjark í
    2) (to urge (a person) to do something: You must encourage him to try again.) hvetja
    - encouragingly
    - encouragement

    English-Icelandic dictionary > encourage

  • 2 promote

    [prə'məut]
    1) (to raise (to a higher rank or position): He was promoted to head teacher.) hækka (í stöðu)
    2) (to encourage, organize, or help the progress of: He worked hard to promote peace / this scheme.) stuðla að
    3) (to encourage the buying of; to advertise: We are promoting a new brand of soap-powder.) auglÿsa
    - promotion

    English-Icelandic dictionary > promote

  • 3 abet

    [ə'bet]
    past tense, past participle - abetted; verb
    (to help or encourage to do something wrong: He abetted his cousin in robbing the bank.) aðstoða, hvetja (einkum til illra verka)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > abet

  • 4 academy

    [ə'kædəmi] 1. plural - academies; noun
    1) (a higher school for special study: Academy of Music.) háskóli; æðri menntastofnun
    2) (a society to encourage science, art etc: The Royal Academy.) heiðurstofnun vísinda- og listamanna
    3) (a type of senior school.) framhaldsskóli (einkaskóli)
    2. noun
    (a university or college teacher.) háskólakennari
    - academically

    English-Icelandic dictionary > academy

  • 5 back up

    1) (to support or encourage: The new evidence backed up my arguments.) styðja
    2) (to make a copy of the information stored on the computer or disk.)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > back up

  • 6 countenance

    1. noun
    ((expression on) the face.) andlit
    2. verb
    (to encourage, support or accept: We can't possibly countenance the spending of so much money.) láta viðgangast

    English-Icelandic dictionary > countenance

  • 7 hearten

    verb (to encourage or cheer up: We were greatly heartened by the good news.) hughreysta

    English-Icelandic dictionary > hearten

  • 8 inspire

    1) (to encourage by filling with eg confidence, enthusiasm etc: The players were inspired by the loyalty of their supporters and played better football than ever before.) hrífa; fylla hugmóði
    2) (to be the origin or source of a poetic or artistic idea: An incident in his childhood inspired the poem.) vera kveikjan að

    English-Icelandic dictionary > inspire

  • 9 instigate

    ['instiɡeit]
    (to suggest and encourage (a wrong action, a rebellion etc).) stofna til; æsa til

    English-Icelandic dictionary > instigate

  • 10 nurse

    [nə:s] 1. noun
    1) (a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital: She wants to be a nurse.) hjúkrunarfræðingur
    2) (a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children: The children have gone out with their nurse.) fóstra
    2. verb
    1) (to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital: He was nursed back to health.) hjúkra, hlynna að
    2) (to give (a baby) milk from the breast.) hafa á brjósti
    3) (to hold with care: She was nursing a kitten.) halda gætilega á
    4) (to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.) ala með sér
    - nursing
    - nursemaid
    - nurseryman
    - nursery rhyme
    - nursery school
    - nursing-home

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nurse

  • 11 nurture

    ['nə: ə] 1. verb
    (to encourage the growth and development of (a child, plant etc).) fóstra, ala upp
    2. noun
    (care; help in growing or developing.) umönnun, uppfóstrun

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nurture

  • 12 prod

    [prod] 1. past tense, past participle - prodded; verb
    1) (to push with something pointed; to poke: He prodded her arm with his finger.) stinga í, pota
    2) (to urge or encourage: He prodded her into action.) hvetja
    2. noun
    (an act of prodding: She gave him a prod.) pot

    English-Icelandic dictionary > prod

  • 13 sanitary

    ['sænitəri]
    1) (of or concerning conditions or arrangements that encourage good health.) heilbrigðis-, hreinlætis-
    2) (free from dirt and germs: The conditions in that camp are not sanitary.) heilsusamlegur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sanitary

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  • encourage — 1 Encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden, cheer, nerve, steel mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose especially in preparation for a hard task or purpose. Encourage in its basic and still common sense implies the raising of confidence… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • encouragé — encouragé, ée (an kou ra jé, jée) part. passé. À qui du courage a été inspiré. Encouragé par ces paroles. La troupe encouragée par l exemple du chef marcha en avant …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • encourage — [v1] stimulate spiritually animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up*, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm*, gladden, goad, hearten, incite,… …   New thesaurus

  • Encourage — En*cour age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encouraged} (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Encouraging}.] [F. encourager; pref. en (L. in) + courage courage. See {Courage}.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • encourage — I verb back, back up, boost, embolden, endorse, hearten, inspire, support II index abet, assure (give confidence to), coax, conduce, contribute (assist) …   Law dictionary

  • encourage — early 15c., from O.Fr. encoragier make strong, hearten, from en make, put in (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + corage (see COURAGE (Cf. courage)). Related: Encouraged; encouraging …   Etymology dictionary

  • encouragé — Encouragé, [encourag]ée. part. pass. Il a mesme signification que son verbe …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • encourage — ► VERB 1) give support, confidence, or hope to. 2) help or stimulate the development of. DERIVATIVES encouragement noun encourager noun encouraging adjective. ORIGIN French encourager, from corage courage …   English terms dictionary

  • encourage — [en kʉr′ij, inkʉr′ij] vt. encouraged, encouraging [ME encouragen < OFr encoragier: see EN 1 & COURAGE] 1. to give courage, hope, or confidence to; embolden; hearten 2. to give support to; be favorable to; foster; help …   English World dictionary

  • encourage */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encourage : present tense I/you/we/they encourage he/she/it encourages present participle encouraging past tense encouraged past participle encouraged 1) to suggest that someone does something that …   English dictionary

  • encourage — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, highly (AmE), strongly ▪ We were greatly encouraged by the support we received. ▪ Speaking your mind is highly encouraged at these sessions. ▪ especially …   Collocations dictionary

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