e 1 n 1 c 3 o 1 u 1 r 1 a 1 g 2 e 1
9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb contribute to the progress or growth of
verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
verb spur on
originFrom Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier. Displaced native Old English hiertan, tyhtan, and trymman. By surface analysis, en- + courage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- acrogen 10
- courage 10
- coenure 9
- corneae 9
- cangue 9
- cargoe 9
- congee 9
- conger 9
- cougar 9
- encage 9
- garcon 9
- uncage 9