encouraged
/ɪŋˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ adjective B1- Having been given hope or encouragement.
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Morrel in demanding justice for crime; my blood boils at the idea of having encouraged a murderer by my cowardly concession.”
She not only abstained from beating him, but encouraged him.
The Robber being slain, the timid companion ran up and drew his sword, and then, throwing back his traveling cloak said, “I’ll at him, and I’ll take care he shall learn whom he has attacked.” On this, he who had fought with the Robber made answer, “I only wish that you had helped me just now, even if it had been only with those words, for I should have been the more encouraged, believing them to be true; but now put up your sword in its sheath and hold your equally useless tongue, till you can deceive others who do not know you.
What encouraged me not to become your surety, but to patronize you?—your father’s name, so well known in Italy and so highly honored.
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