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Hearten [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. h'artn. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate courage.

2. To restore fertility or strength to; as, to hearten land. [Little used.]

Hearten [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Heartener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

He or that which gives courage or animation.

Heartener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.