accourage

== English == === Etymology === From Old French acoragier; à (from Latin ad) + corage. See courage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkɜɹɪd͡ʒ/, /əˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/ === Verb === accourage (third-person singular simple present accourages, present participle accouraging, simple past and past participle accouraged) (Early Modern, obsolete) To encourage. c. 1540, an act of Henry VIII, quoted in A Short History of the World's Shipping Industry →ISBN: […] willing the comfort of al merchauntes in accouraging of them willing to make any ship or shippes, and also towardes the supportacion of the costes and charges of the said Nicholas, [I grant them money]. ==== Translations ====