"embolden" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "Middle English embolden",
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        "t": "to make bold, encourage"
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        "1": "en",
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        "t": "to embolden, encourage"
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  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁én\nFrom bold (adjective) + em- -en (variant of en- -en (circumfix forming transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word)). Compare Middle English embolden, enbolden (“to make bold, encourage”) (modern English embold, enbold, imbold (obsolete)), and inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”).",
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      "form": "emboldens",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "emboldening",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "emboldened",
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      "form": "emboldened",
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        "past"
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      "form": "embolden",
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        "infinitive"
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      "expansion": "embolden (third-person singular simple present emboldens, present participle emboldening, simple past and past participle emboldened)",
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  ],
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    "em‧bold‧en"
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "bolden"
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        {
          "ref": "1619, Samuell Hieron, “The Worth of the Water of Life. Dauids Longing, and Dauids Loue. The Good Fight. [II. Tim[othy] 4. 7.]”, in The Sermons of Master Samuell Hieron, […], London: […] Iohn Beale [and John Legatt printer to the Uniuersitie of Cambridge for Thomas Man, Ioyce Macham, Cantrell Legge, and Simon Waterson], published 1620, →OCLC, pages 222–223",
          "text": "I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1650, Joseph Caryl, “Job, Chap. 16, Vers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Verse 3]”, in An Exposition with Practicall Observations Continued upon the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Chapters of the Book of Job: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, and are to be sould by Thomas Eglesfeild […], →OCLC, page 222",
          "text": "Give me a reaſon; vvhat is it that ſtirrs thee to reply upon me, VVhat emboldeneth thee to anſvver? The Hebrevv vvord ſignifies, firſt, to ſtrengthen, to fortifie, or confirme; he that is ſtrengthened, is emboldened.\nA paraphrase of Job 16:3 from the King James Version of the Bible: see the 1611 quotation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871, “[Psalm] CXXXVIII [verse 3]”, in William Kay, transl., The Psalms […], London; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Rivingtons, →OCLC, pages 434–435",
          "text": "In the day I called, Thou answeredst me; / Thou emboldenedst me with strength in my soul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871 August, E. [pseudonym], “On Champagne, Considered as a Social Force”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XX, number CXVI, London: […] William Clowes and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 170, column 2",
          "text": "'Tis thou [champagne] who emboldenest by thy sunny influence and exhilarating smiles the feeble, the nervous, and the weak, who plantest courage in the hearts of the speechless, and bringest voice to the lips of the silent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942 July-August, “The Northern & Eastern Railway”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 209",
          "text": "About this time, the success of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway had emboldened people to think that it was necessary merely to invest in any proposed new line to be assured of at least a 10 per cent. return on their money.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Suzanne Pepper, “The Return to Land Reform”, in Civil War in China: The Political Struggle 1945–1999, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, part 2 (The Communist Alternative), page 297",
          "text": "The peasants did not automatically demand arms to defend a new-won plot of land. Nor was the key motivation simple fear of the landlord's revenge, as Sidney Rittenberg and other observers suggested at the time. Indeed, far from emboldening the peasant, that fear probably had more of an intimidating influence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August, Phillip C. Saunders, “The Rebalance to Asia: U.S.–China Relations and Regional Security”, in Strategic Forum, number 281, Washington, D.C.: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2",
          "text": "Broadly speaking, the official Chinese reaction has been to express concern and skepticism about the stated U.S. rationale for the rebalance to Asia, lament the \"lack of strategic trust\" between Washington and Beijing, urge greater respect for Chinese \"core interests,\" stress negative consequences of the rebalance for Asian security (especially in its supposed rose in emboldening U.S. allies and partners to challenge Chinese maritime territorial claims), and redouble efforts to stabilize Sino–U.S. relations, most notably through efforts to build a \"new type of great power relations\" with Washington.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Rick Searfoss [i.e., Richard Alan Searfoss], “Summary: Liftoff to Success”, in Liftoff: An Astronaut Commander’s Countdown for Purpose-powered Leadership, New York, N.Y.: Morgan James Publishing, page 186",
          "text": "The best end state takes the most devotion. Such commitment emboldens the team, inspires individual members, and makes everything that follows worth doing. It takes courage to make such choices, and the exercise of that courage, in turn, further emboldens people.",
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        "To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten."
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          "bolder",
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          "courageous",
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          "encourage",
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          "hearten",
          "hearten"
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        {
          "word": "bolden"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʻaǰalerel",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "քաջալերել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasǎrčavam",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "насърчавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okuražavam",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "окуражавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "moed geven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "verstouten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "kannustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "rohkaista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "encourager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "enhardir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "arrufar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "ermutigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thrasúnō",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "θρασύνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "envalentonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
          "word": "encorajar"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
          "parents": [
            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, George [A.] Grätzer, “Typing Text”, in First Steps in LATEX, Boston, Mass.: Birkhäuser; New York, N.Y.: Springer, page 8",
          "text": "This note introduces several additional features of LATEX: […] ▪ The use of text style commands, including the \\emph command to emphasize text, the \\textbf command to embolden text, and the \\texttt command to produce typewriter style text.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jason Whittaker, “Web Design”, in The Cyberspace Handbook, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, part III (Reading/Writing Cyberspace), page 216",
          "text": "The [HTML] tags <p></p> indicate paragraphs breaks, and we have included some basic text formatting: <em></em> for emphasis (typically italics), <u></u> for underline and <strong></strong> to embolden text.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Craig Grannell, “Getting User Feedback”, in The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design, Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of ED, Apress, page 339",
          "text": "Embolden the company name. Balance-wise, the company name could do with standing out more.",
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        "To format (text) in boldface."
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          "text",
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          "boldface",
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        "(typography) To format (text) in boldface."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "boldface"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
          "word": "lihavoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
          "word": "fetten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
          "word": "fett setzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
          "word": "félkövérít"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbəʊld(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪm-/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɛmˈboʊld(ə)n/",
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      "rhymes": "-əʊldən"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "inboldysshen",
        "t": "to embolden, encourage"
      },
      "expansion": "inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁én\nFrom bold (adjective) + em- -en (variant of en- -en (circumfix forming transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word)). Compare Middle English embolden, enbolden (“to make bold, encourage”) (modern English embold, enbold, imbold (obsolete)), and inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "emboldens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "emboldening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "emboldened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "emboldened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embolden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "embolden (third-person singular simple present emboldens, present participle emboldening, simple past and past participle emboldened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bold‧en"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "obsolete except UK",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "bolden"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "embold"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1619, Samuell Hieron, “The Worth of the Water of Life. Dauids Longing, and Dauids Loue. The Good Fight. [II. Tim[othy] 4. 7.]”, in The Sermons of Master Samuell Hieron, […], London: […] Iohn Beale [and John Legatt printer to the Uniuersitie of Cambridge for Thomas Man, Ioyce Macham, Cantrell Legge, and Simon Waterson], published 1620, →OCLC, pages 222–223",
          "text": "I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1650, Joseph Caryl, “Job, Chap. 16, Vers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [Verse 3]”, in An Exposition with Practicall Observations Continued upon the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Chapters of the Book of Job: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, and are to be sould by Thomas Eglesfeild […], →OCLC, page 222",
          "text": "Give me a reaſon; vvhat is it that ſtirrs thee to reply upon me, VVhat emboldeneth thee to anſvver? The Hebrevv vvord ſignifies, firſt, to ſtrengthen, to fortifie, or confirme; he that is ſtrengthened, is emboldened.\nA paraphrase of Job 16:3 from the King James Version of the Bible: see the 1611 quotation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871, “[Psalm] CXXXVIII [verse 3]”, in William Kay, transl., The Psalms […], London; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Rivingtons, →OCLC, pages 434–435",
          "text": "In the day I called, Thou answeredst me; / Thou emboldenedst me with strength in my soul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871 August, E. [pseudonym], “On Champagne, Considered as a Social Force”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XX, number CXVI, London: […] William Clowes and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 170, column 2",
          "text": "'Tis thou [champagne] who emboldenest by thy sunny influence and exhilarating smiles the feeble, the nervous, and the weak, who plantest courage in the hearts of the speechless, and bringest voice to the lips of the silent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942 July-August, “The Northern & Eastern Railway”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 209",
          "text": "About this time, the success of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway had emboldened people to think that it was necessary merely to invest in any proposed new line to be assured of at least a 10 per cent. return on their money.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Suzanne Pepper, “The Return to Land Reform”, in Civil War in China: The Political Struggle 1945–1999, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, part 2 (The Communist Alternative), page 297",
          "text": "The peasants did not automatically demand arms to defend a new-won plot of land. Nor was the key motivation simple fear of the landlord's revenge, as Sidney Rittenberg and other observers suggested at the time. Indeed, far from emboldening the peasant, that fear probably had more of an intimidating influence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August, Phillip C. Saunders, “The Rebalance to Asia: U.S.–China Relations and Regional Security”, in Strategic Forum, number 281, Washington, D.C.: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2",
          "text": "Broadly speaking, the official Chinese reaction has been to express concern and skepticism about the stated U.S. rationale for the rebalance to Asia, lament the \"lack of strategic trust\" between Washington and Beijing, urge greater respect for Chinese \"core interests,\" stress negative consequences of the rebalance for Asian security (especially in its supposed rose in emboldening U.S. allies and partners to challenge Chinese maritime territorial claims), and redouble efforts to stabilize Sino–U.S. relations, most notably through efforts to build a \"new type of great power relations\" with Washington.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Rick Searfoss [i.e., Richard Alan Searfoss], “Summary: Liftoff to Success”, in Liftoff: An Astronaut Commander’s Countdown for Purpose-powered Leadership, New York, N.Y.: Morgan James Publishing, page 186",
          "text": "The best end state takes the most devotion. Such commitment emboldens the team, inspires individual members, and makes everything that follows worth doing. It takes courage to make such choices, and the exercise of that courage, in turn, further emboldens people.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "render",
          "render#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "bolder",
          "bold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ],
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "hearten",
          "hearten"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bolden"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, George [A.] Grätzer, “Typing Text”, in First Steps in LATEX, Boston, Mass.: Birkhäuser; New York, N.Y.: Springer, page 8",
          "text": "This note introduces several additional features of LATEX: […] ▪ The use of text style commands, including the \\emph command to emphasize text, the \\textbf command to embolden text, and the \\texttt command to produce typewriter style text.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jason Whittaker, “Web Design”, in The Cyberspace Handbook, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, part III (Reading/Writing Cyberspace), page 216",
          "text": "The [HTML] tags <p></p> indicate paragraphs breaks, and we have included some basic text formatting: <em></em> for emphasis (typically italics), <u></u> for underline and <strong></strong> to embolden text.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Craig Grannell, “Getting User Feedback”, in The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design, Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of ED, Apress, page 339",
          "text": "Embolden the company name. Balance-wise, the company name could do with standing out more.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To format (text) in boldface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "format",
          "format#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "boldface",
          "boldface#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) To format (text) in boldface."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "boldface"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbəʊld(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪm-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈboʊld(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊldən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "imbolden"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻaǰalerel",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "քաջալերել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasǎrčavam",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "насърчавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okuražavam",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "окуражавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "moed geven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "verstouten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "kannustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "rohkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "encourager"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "enhardir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "arrufar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "ermutigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thrasúnō",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "θρασύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "envalentonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten",
      "word": "encorajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
      "word": "lihavoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
      "word": "fetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
      "word": "fett setzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to format (text) in boldface",
      "word": "félkövérít"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embolden"
}