encourage (v.)
- abet
- admonish
- advance
- advantage
- advocate
- aid
- animate
- assist
- assure
- bolster
- boost
- brighten
- caution
- charge
- cheer
- comfort
- console
- countenance
- ease
- embolden
- endorse
- enjoin
- enliven
- exhilarate
- exhort
- expedite
- expostulate
- facilitate
- favor
- feed
- forward
- foster
- further
- gladden
- hasten
- hearten
- help
- incite
- induce
- inspire
- inspirit
- invigorate
- invite
- liven
- move
- nerve
- nourish
- nurture
- persuade
- preach
- promote
- prompt
- quicken
- reassure
- rejoice
- relieve
- remonstrate
- solace
- speed
- stimulate
- subscribe
- subsidize
- support
- urge
- vitalize
- warn
As aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance while they grow;
But crush'd or trodden to the ground,
Diffuse their balmy sweets around.