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Webster 1913 Edition

(härt′’n)

Verb.

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To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

Hearten

those that fight in your defense.

Shakespeare

To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Verb.

h`artn. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate courage.

To restore fertility or strength to; as, to hearten land. [Little used.]