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embolden Definition

em·bolden (em bōldən, im-)

transitive verb

to give courage to; cause to be bold or bolder

Etymology: em- (see en-) + bold + -en

embolden Synonyms

embolden

v.

embolden Usage Examples

Object

  • text: Show all of your working and take extra note of emboldened text.
  • word: Note 1: the emboldened words are the sub category names for reporting the data.
  • heading: Emboldened headings, most of which are slogans in themselves, help to break up the text into easily digestible " chunks.
  • figure: The emboldened figures are the percentages, for each house size, of the total number of households assessed.
  • campaigner: However, France's long debate is sure to embolden campaigners, as it makes the once unthinkable suddenly seem very practical.

Subject

success: Emboldened by this success, I backed him eight months later in the Murphy's Gold Cup Handicap Chase.

Infinitive complement

  • ask: We are emboldened to ask: " What was uppermost in Jesus ' mind?
  • take: These forces, American hard-liners believe, would then be emboldened to take on their conservative adversaries in a decisive battle.
  • make: That's why we feel emboldened to make a film about her, because we think she's great.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: A hands off policy by the U.S. will only embolden Hussein later.
  • now: Now emboldened to speak her mind, she rattled off a series of complaints.
  • newly: Will the newly emboldened Labor MPs: : pursue this?
  • so: He was now more sure than ever of his ground, and so emboldened to proceed in his task.
  • thus: Thus emboldened, Jim was easily persuaded that we should write a second paper.

Preposition: by

success: Emboldened by this success, I backed him eight months later in the Murphy's Gold Cup Handicap Chase.

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