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restore confidence, bolster, buoy, cheer, encourage, hearten
hearten is to be cheerful. I was at a game where the whole field was full of people hearten.
Another word for encourage could be:
Persuade
Prompt
Promote
Pressure (i.e. to pressure someone into something is to encourage them to do something)... but maybe that's a little forceful...
(Just an F.Y.I: When you need synonyms, use Microsoft Word - It is very helpfulgive support give help hearten stimulate foster embolden inspirit
Yes. Console is a synonym of hearten.
The noun form for the verb to embolden is the gerund, emboldening.