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Definition of Boldening
1. bolden [v] - See also: bolden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boldening
Literary usage of Boldening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1907)
"... tirst. and upon submission to roape pardon, then by seeking to smother it, to
incurre the danger of a secret scandall: Im- boldening himselfe upon the ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1818)
"Against small " squadrons they might indeed be sometimes adventurous, em- "boldening
their want of skill by multiplying their num- " bers: But when awed by ..."
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