OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26527

encouragement

[ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aliento • apoyo • fomento • hálito
Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive
The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."
even their arch-enemy the gamekeeper is beginning reluctantly, but gradually, to acquiesce in the general belief of their innocence and utility, I cannot help indulging the hope th…