Encourage and Feed

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

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Feed is a synonym for encourage in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Feed" instead a verb "Encourage", when it comes to topics like help.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Feed verb - Support or promote.

Usage example: His admiration fed her vanity

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Encourage is a synonym for feed in help topic. You can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Feed", if it concerns topics such as aid, strengthen, augment.

Nearby Words: feeding, feeder

people	encourage people	feed people
children	encourage children	feed children
army	encourage army	feed army
way	encourage way	feed way
Other words: citizens, everyone, son, kids, friends, soldiers.

They feed their daughter's love of learning, help her apply to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and are there to encourage her during her entrance exam.

Source: Good Parents
While the Goodsword can give advice and encourage its wielder, the Scimitar compels its owner to kill and feed it blood.

Source: Talking Weapon
The Enzeen in Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive similarly play nice, encourage tourism, and make visitors to their world feel welcome, when in fact the ground eats offworlders, and the Enzeen then feed from it.

Source: Aliens Are Bastards

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