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Encourage

Encourage

to give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the lord. (1 sam. Xxx. 6)

Synonym: to embolden, inspirit, animate, enhearten, hearten, incite, cheer, urge, impel, stimulate, instigate, countenance, comfort, promote, advance, forward, strengthen.

Origin: f. Encourager; pref. En- (L. In) _ courage courage. See Courage.


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DNA replication, Cell division and Evolution

[quote]Let me encourage you to read the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. King Solomon (son of King David) wrote 3000 years ago along the same lines, Vanity, vanity (meaninglessness) says the preacher, all is vanity.[/quote ...

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by gamila
Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: DNA replication, Cell division and Evolution
Replies: 16
Views: 437

Re: DNA replication, Cell division and Evolution

gamila, Let me encourage you to read the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. King Solomon (son of King David) wrote 3000 years ago along the same lines, Vanity, vanity (meaninglessness) says the preacher, all is vanity. The ...

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by AFJ
Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:52 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: DNA replication, Cell division and Evolution
Replies: 16
Views: 437

Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... genome takes a good guess what might work. It already has two functional genes and put together something bigger, maybe better. The telomeres may encourage a beneficial chromosome fusion by their having safely tangled protective ends, a mechanism to increase chromosome complexity. After occurring ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 30, 2009 5:24 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 106
Views: 16687

Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... genome takes a good guess what might work. It already has two functional genes and put together something bigger, maybe better. The telomeres may encourage a beneficial chromosome fusion by their having safely tangled protective ends, a mechanism to increase chromosome complexity. After occurring ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 23, 2009 6:05 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 106
Views: 16687

Re: Unknown Bacteris Identification

Encourage you to do you own work but will offer that bacteria are facultative anaerobes - not facultative aerobes.

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by JorgeLobo
Wed May 13, 2009 1:00 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Unknown Bacteris Identification
Replies: 4
Views: 767
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