Bible Dictionaries
Encouraging

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encourage

(2):

(a.) Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Encouraging'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/encouraging.html. 1828.