Encourage and Elicit

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

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

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Elicit verb - To draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved).

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Encourage and elicit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Elicit".

Nearby Word: eliciting

respect	encourage respect	elicit respect
kind	encourage kind	elicit kind

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