Was the text bolded or emboldened or . . . . . . - WordReference Forums As a professional typesetter (among other things), who trained a number of keyboard operators on several generations of equipment when I had my own foreign-language graphics business back in the pre-DTP day, I would just say that despite being well aware that “embolden” was the technical term for putting a piece of text into bold, I never used that word myself
embolden - WordReference Forums Usually embolden means "to make bold, give courage to" as far as I know the usage but in this case I understand the meaning to be: to spur on, to iniciate, to incite That is, " knowledge of the problem should give us a sense of urgency (to find some sort of a solution, etc )
embolden - WordReference Forums From English to Spanish "Baby baboons respond to human affection and are embolden when they sense someone loves them as their own" Gracias!!!
to bolden - WordReference Forums The second meaning: embolden - definition of embolden in English | Oxford Dictionaries 1 Give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something: ‘emboldened by the claret, he pressed his knee against hers’ 2 Cause (a piece of text) to appear in a bold typeface: ‘centre, embolden, and underline the heading’
to embolden someone - WordReference Forums Greetings How do you express the idea of ‘to embolden somebody’ i e to give somebody too much freedom which they then abuse by becoming insolent? I'm thinking of expressions like ‘να μη σου πάρουν τον αέρα’ and ‘έχω τα μούτρα να κάνω κάτι’, and am looking for something with that register
bolden up - WordReference Forums "bolden" is listed as British dialect, meaning 'embolden' (make bold) I must say to my AE ear--leaving aside dialects--it sounds semi-literate Didn't US congressman Mc Carthy use it (known for his misuse of English)?