Fromen- +heart +-en.[1]
enhearten (third-person singular simple presentenheartens,present participleenheartening,simple past and past participleenheartened)
- Tocomfort andembolden,encourage,animate,hearten.
1954, JRR Tolkien,Lord of the Rings, Vol 3[1], Houghton Mifflin Co., page164:But the victory did little toenhearten the captains.
- ^TheOxford English Dictionary (2007).
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol III, p1935, enhearten
