il encouragea

encouraged

→ encourager
encourage encourage + a simple past (he/she/it)
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #52,263
encouraged The passé simple is mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Elle encouragea son frère à continuer.
EN: She encouraged her brother to keep going.
Conjugation of encourager
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third encouragea —

Personne ne l'encouragea.

No one encouraged him.

Le succès encouragea l'auteur à un nouvel ouvrage.

The success encouraged the author to write another book.

Il encouragea son fils à réaliser quelque chose de grand.

He encouraged his son to achieve something great.

Dan encouragea Linda à écrire à son père.

Dan encouraged Linda to write to her father.