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What does encourage mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word encourage? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  2. To spur on, strongly recommend.
  3. To foster, give help or patronage
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After the election, Merkel could start to encourage more union locals to negotiate more flexible arrangements with their bosses.
There are few people who would argue with him that this is the best way to encourage recycling.
Thicker layers may reduce the amount of oxygen in the soil and encourage plants to root in the mulch layer rather than in the soil.
When they aren't rocking out, the band do what they can to encourage their fans to become politically aware and get out to the voting polls.
Both Lamaze and Bradley encourage partner participation in labor and delivery.
First, it was the abelia that got a careful pruning to encourage it to arch over the steps to the front door.

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