Definition of "encouraged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of encourage. (verb)

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• "The president begins the second half of his term encouraged by U.S. stock market gains, but still frustrated by high unemployment which still hovers around 9.8 percent."
• "Self Portrait engendered, some wanted to think that this was a "new beginning" in the sense of being a return to form, and the title encouraged them to think that."
• "Spokesman Ziyad Abu-Ein encouraged reporters and international organizations to contact the 181 victims or their survivors to verify the stories."