7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb give encouragement to
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English -en English hearten From heart + -en.
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