The word encourage comes from Latin. It is derived from the verb fomento, fomenta, fomentare, fomentaui, fomentatum that comes from the fomentum, fomenti (contraction of the fovimentum) whose meaning is hot and cold compress, poultice, consolation, relief. This noun in turn comes from the verb foveo, fovis, fovere, fovi, fotum (to warm, revive, shelter, care).
Therefore, the action of enlivening something or caring for something can be noted as the original concept of this word. It can be observed in different contexts, always with the purpose of indicating that certain behaviors are carried out to increase the intensity of an activity that will allow achieving the established objectives.
In the economic sphere, of a government or of a company, the term encourage is related to the act of creating policies to promote the progress of a certain issue. At this point, the Head of State and his ministers, as well as the director of a company, design a set of strategies for the development and well-being of the people who are part of the country or the company.
The gerund involving the present progressive of the word foster is fostering. An example of this would be: At school, children are encouraged to learn to use the Internet. On the other hand, encourage participation would be encouraged: authorities have encouraged drivers to get used to wearing seat belts. To use the verb animate under the present indicative in the first person, we can use the word encouragement: I encourage that electrical energy be used rationally in my house. To use it in the third person under the present indicative, it is necessary that the word encourages: It encourages disorder in this place.
On the other hand, the perfect indicative of the verb foster for the figure of the first person is encouraged: I have encouraged that in this place people are treated with great respect. The same can happen with the third person figure - it has encouraged women to wear skirts when they come to work. Encourage can also work in imperfect indicative. In the first person I would be encouraged: I encouraged that drinking water would not be lacking here. The same for a third person: he encouraged something unforeseen not to happen here.
