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To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.

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  1. v. t. To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.
  2. v. give encouragement to
  3. To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.
  4. To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerousoffice. Sir W. Scott.
  5. v:100 v give encouragement to