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Definition of Imboldening
1. imbolden [v] - See also: imbolden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imboldening
Literary usage of Imboldening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... either in person or purse, to the great damage of those who have lost their
goods, and to the imboldening of the malefactors, and the want of the due ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"•mall squadrons they might indeed be sometimes adventu- rou, imboldening their
want of skill by multiplying their numbers; but, when awed by superior force, ..."
3. The Life of John Milton by Charles Symmons (1822)
"... or Belisarius against the Goths, or Char- lemain against the Lombards, if to
the instinct of nature, and the imboldening of art, aught may be trusted, ..."
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