Encourage and Want

Encourage

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

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

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Encourage and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

character	encourage character	want character
people	encourage people	want people
kind	encourage kind	want kind
peace	encourage peace	want peace
Other words: children, relationship, someone, way, characters, anyone, women, kids, friends, heroes.

However, they're stuck together (not that they mind the company) because the higher-ups want to encourage cooperation and think that the groups work well together.

Source: Fan Fic / Here We Go Again
The character is the sole character in the work who isn't legal for the sort of sordidness everyone else is doing, and the writers don't want to encourage Jail Bait.

Source: Token Wholesome
Items like handcuffs and ropes that can be forced on a person to restrain them have been added to encourage things like capturing a target alive if you want to rob them.

Source: Video Game / DayZ

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