英和和英

語源

be- +‎ courage

動詞

becourage (三人称単数 現在形 becourages, 現在分詞 becouraging, 過去形および過去分詞形 becouraged) (他動詞)

1. Synonym of discourage
   • 1997, University of the Western Cape, Interdesciplinary Conference on Gender and Colonialism, volume 2:

     She felt so unnerved, she began stammering badly when the wardresses spoke to her, but was becouraged when her brother visited and said they had been 'asking questions in the House' [of Commons] about her (かつ a sign of the protection afforded by not being a local!)