emboldenimboldenv.
/ɛmˈbəʊldən//ɪmˈbəʊldən/ transitive. To render bold or more bold; to hearten, encourage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
bieldc897
hardenc1175
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hardyc1225
boldc1275
hardishc1325
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emboldc1400
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encourage1490
emboldishc1503
hearten1524
bolden1526
spright1531
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accourage1534
enheart1545
to hearten on1555
hearten?1556
alacriate1560
bespirit1574
bebrave1576
to put in heart1579
to hearten up1580
embolden1583
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enhearten1610
inspiritc1610
rehearten1611
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mana1625
valiant1628
flush1633
firm1639
buoy1645
embrave1648
reinhearten1652
reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
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to cocker up1762
enharden1779
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brace1816
high-mettle1831
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β. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 230 Ambition..imboldeneth him [sc. the son] to seeke his [sc. the father's] destruction of whom he holdeth his life.1611 W. Adams Let. in T. Rundall Mem. Japon (1850) 31 I haue ymboldened my selfe to write these few lines.1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 201 Their lookes imboldned, modestie now gone.1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 231 Whether..my Looks, my Dress, my Appearance..imbolden such an affrontive Insolence.1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxv. 406 The..inconvenience of imboldening..the foes of the consular government.1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. f.109v We..are enboldened to exhibite a certeine supplication.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 46 He enbowldeneth the erringe hart to suffer for error.
1633 J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland Ded. 2 I am embouldned to present them to your Lordships patronage.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 434 Thus I embold'nd spake. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 100. ⁋4 Their Aspects were so..emboldened with Resolution.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iii. 403 The Bombay Presidency were more emboldened in their importunity.
1860 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 88 The affronts which his poverty emboldened..low-minded men to offer to him.
Derivatives
emˈboldener n. one who or that which emboldens.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > one who or that which encourages
hearterc1550
encourager1562
strengthener1567
heartener1601
emboldener1847
booster1890
pep talker1925
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Emboldener.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. iv. 30 Argument is..a great emboldener.
emˈboldening n. and adj.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun]
fosteringc1230
comfortingc1320
recomforting1487
emboldening1503
emboldishment1512
heartening1534
encouragement1550
encouraging1578
flushing1775
inspiriting1846
leaveway1913
1503 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 10 Small fines have been..set to the..great emboldening of the said Offenders.
1575 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 364 Another imboldeninge of evill persons.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 248 But, rather, lesse imboldning then before.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. v. 297 There was nothing..but..emboldening of their foes.
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