embolden
verb/ɪmˈbəʊldən/
/ɪmˈbəʊldən/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embolden | /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ |
| he / she / it emboldens | /ɪmˈbəʊldənz/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənz/ |
| past simple emboldened | /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ |
| past participle emboldened | /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ |
| -ing form emboldening | /ɪmˈbəʊldənɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] (formal) to make somebody feel braver or more confident
- (be) emboldened by something Emboldened by her friendly smile, he went over to talk to her.
- be emboldened to do something With such a majority, the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies.
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- embolden something (specialist) to make a piece of text appear in bold print
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