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What is the verb for boldest?

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embolden
  1. (transitive) To render (someone) bolder or more courageous.
  2. (transitive) To encourage, inspire, or motivate.
  3. (transitive, typography) To format text in boldface.
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    1. “Washington sought to embolden his troops by urging that they demonstrate a courage and spirit like that evident at Bunker Hill.”
      “Democratization also may embolden formerly subjugated groups to lash out at their one-time oppressors.”
      “The chief effect of the ruling has not been to embolden the potty-mouthed but to galvanize the opposition.”
bold
  1. (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold.
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    1. “We could bold the font to re-enforce the relevance of the content.”
emboldened
bolden
  1. To make bold; to embolden.
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    1. Bolden got in and started the motors while the animal climbed into the seat beside him.”
      “Its boss, Charles Bolden, had to seek a special dispensation to talk to his hosts. The frostiness is beginning to affect research, too.”
      “The movement with the bow might have been menacing, but Bolden ignored that gesture.”
emboldens
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embolden
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    1. “Marcus emboldens himself to ask, and Sarah turns her professional wiles on him, suggesting he heard what he wanted to hear.”
      “Kicking the issue into the long grass beyond 2015 only emboldens our European competitors.”
      “We forget how often in history a perceived stumble or the half-measure only emboldens enemies to try what they otherwise would not.”
boldens
bolds
boldened
emboldening
  1. present participle of embolden
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    1. “We believe the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations – emboldening Iranian hardliners.”
      “I adjusted the CSS formatting to enhance the posts from each other, emboldening the headings, and generally enhancing the appearance of the posts.”
      “All through the next day record crowds flocked to Tahrir Square, energising and emboldening the core protesters.”
boldening
bolding
  1. present participle of bold
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    1. “Highlight important words and phrases with color, bolding, italics, underlining, etc.”
bolded
  1. past participle of bold
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    1. “Since there are some evidences for both, they are indicated by Roman but not bolded letters in the transcription shown above.”
      “Note: For each province and selected country, where differences in average scores are statistically significant, scores are bolded.”
      “I've had a look at the study itself, and I can report that it has a problem, which Liptak hints at in the phrase I've bolded above.”
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