Date and Encourage

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Date verb - To go on a social engagement with.

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Encourage and date are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Date".

Nearby Word: dated

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Date and encourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Date" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

friend	date friend	encourage friend
character	date character	encourage character
work	date work	encourage work
people	date people	encourage people
Other words: children, someone, characters, anyone, everyone, son, daughter, players, students, girls.

Kunikida actually points this out in the beginning in an attempt to encourage Ryoko to date men more her own age but when she convinces him that she wants him, age difference be damned, he gives in.

Source: MayDecember Romance
Its been weeks/months since they split, and now Marshal, trying to encourage Robin to go out on a date with a great new guy, points out that Barney has moved on so she should too.

Source: Infectious Enthusiasm
In The Office (UK), David Brent tries to encourage the camera (and whoever's watching) to sympathise with him when his date turns out to be as overweight as he is, but she's a nice person and he's rude to her so it's almost an inversion.

Source: Abhorrent Admirer

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