Encourage
Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
Petition and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petition" instead a verb "Encourage".
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Common collocations
| friend | encourage friend | petition friend |
Both words in one sentence
- One featured the heaviest smoker in the building signing a petition to get smoking banned, hoping this would encourage him to quit.
Source: Must Have Nicotine
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