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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restore confidence to |
| Synonyms: | assure, bolster, brace, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, convince, encourage, give a lift, give confidence, guarantee, hearten, inspire, inspirit, perk up, pick up*, put one's mind to rest, relieve, snap one out of it |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, unnerve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | certify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare as true |
| Synonyms: | accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, rubber-stamp, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness |
| Antonyms: | contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up, calm, cheer, commiserate with, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, grant respite, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, lighten burden, make well, mitigate, nourish, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revitalize, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
| Antonyms: | dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give support; help |
| Synonyms: | abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, boost, brace, comfort, console, countenance, develop, ease, egg on, endorse, favor, fortify, forward, foster, further, get behind, give a leg up, go for, improve, instigate, invite, pat on the back, prevail, promote, pull for, push, reassure, reinforce, relieve, root for, sanction, second, serve, side with, smile upon, solace, spur, strengthen, subscribe to, subsidize, succor, support, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | block, confuse, deter, discourage |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, be surety for, bind oneself, certify, confirm, cosign, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, get behind, give bond, grubstake, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, make bail, make certain, make sure, mortgage, pick up the check, pick up the tab, protect, prove, reassure, secure, sign for, stake, stand behind, stand up for, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise someone's spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fire up, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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