imbolden

verb

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of embolden.

   “Steel your thoughts, ſharp your reſolue, imboldẽ your spirit, graſp your ſvvords; alarum miſchief, & vvith an vndãted brovv, out ſcout the grim oppoſition of most menacing perill.”

   “Their lookes imboldned, modeſtie novv gone, / Conuert at length to little-differing Stone.”

   “I have called myſelf to Account upon it, vvhether any Levity in my Looks, my Dreſs, my Appearance, could imbolden ſuch an affrontive Inſolence.”