Day 1,344: embolden

A blanket American security guarantee might embolden Taiwan to declare formal independence, a red line for him.

Artwork of the day 
Benefit ticket (Mr Milward)' A Bold Stroke for a Wife
William Hogarth
Style: Rococo
Genre: design

Word of the day 
embolden: to make someone brave or willing to take more risks

Quote of the day
“Hearing them, I realized that they weren’t at all smarter than the rest of us. They were simply emboldened, floating on an ancient tide of superiority, buoyed by the fact that history had never told them anything different.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming