verb
definition
To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
Examples of heartened in a Sentence
They were almost in despair, but, heartened by Knox and Lethington, they resumed negotiations with Elizabeth,.
Meanwhile Mr. Churchill heartened his countrymen by patriotic speeches at a nonparty meeting in the London Opera House in Sept., and at Guildhall in November.
Heartened by this circumstance Bertold and his followers returned to the attack when the diet met at Augsburg in 1500.
The speech provoked a storm of anger in the South, but the North was heartened to find at last a leader whose courage matched his conscience.
We have also been greatly heartened by the outpouring of support from Indians abroad.
I have been extremely heartened by the conversations I have had with many of you during this Annual Conference.
I am heartened by what Archbishop Kevin has said [inhis installation homily] .
The pair venture to the Lincoln Memorial where Klaatu is heartened by the Gettysburg Address.