Emboldening

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A making bold.

    "They do not fear shameful fears, nor are they emboldened by shameful emboldenings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of embolden form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

""But one way people can help as we are coming down the pike in the 2006 elections is to remember the effect that rhetoric can have on our troops in harm's way and the effect that rhetoric can have in emboldening or weakening an enemy," he said."

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