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validate
English
Etymology
Morphologically valid +? -ate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?væl.?.de?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?væl.?.de?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)
- (transitive) To render valid.
- 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France (page 207)
- Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.
- 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France (page 207)
- (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
- (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.
- The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
Antonyms
- disprove
- invalidate
Related terms
- valid
- validation
- validator
Translations
Italian
Verb
validate
- second-person plural present of validare
- second-person plural imperative of validare
- feminine plural past participle of validare
Anagrams
- dilavate
validate From the web:
- what validate mean
- what validates you
- what validates a will
- what validates a debt
- what validates a restraining order
- what validates a contract
- what validates you as a person
- what validates a marriage
encourage
English
Alternative forms
- incourage (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier from en- +? corage "courage". Displaced native Middle English belden, bielden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bieldan (“to encourage”)), Middle English bealden, balden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bealdian (“to encourage, make bold”)), Middle English herten (“to encourage, enhearten”) (from Old English hiertan, hyrtan (“to enhearten”)), Old English elnian (“to encourage, strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- Hyphenation: en?cour?age
Verb
encourage (third-person singular simple present encourages, present participle encouraging, simple past and past participle encouraged) (transitive)
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- To foster, give help or patronage
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
Synonyms
- bield
- embolden
Antonyms
- becourage
- discourage
Derived terms
- encouragement
- encouraging
- encouragingly
Related terms
- courage
Translations
French
Verb
encourage
- inflection of encourager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- singular imperative
encourage From the web:
- what encouraged the growth of the advertising industry
- what encouraged migration to the west
- what encourages hair growth
- what encouraged the colonial transatlantic trade
- what encouraged the boston massacre
- what encouraged westward expansion
- what encourages lifelong learning behavior
- what encouraged immigrants to come to america
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