embolden
verb
Pronunciation: ɪmˈboʊldən
Definition
Give someone the courage or confidence to behave in a certain way or to do something.
Examples
The sudden drop in interest rates served to embolden investors to take more risks.
She felt emboldened by the support of her colleagues to finally challenge the manager's decision.
The success of the first protest emboldened the activists to organize a much larger march.
How to Use embolden
- embolden someone to do something (collocation)
- The standard structure to describe giving someone the courage to act. — "The victory emboldened the army to advance further."
- be emboldened by something (prepositional phrase)
- The passive form used to describe the source of someone's new courage. — "He was emboldened by the crowd's applause."
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