Word: heartening
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: hear
te
ning
Definition: Present participle of hearten; give encouragement to
Morphemes:
Affix: heart
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.