encrimson

American  

[en-krim-zuhn, -suhn] / ɛnˈkrɪm zən, -sən /

verb (used with object)

1. to make crimson.

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Etymology

Origin of encrimson

First recorded in 1765–75; en- ¹ + crimson

Example Sentences

Ah, not like lilies—'tis divinely spoken— Was Solomon, with sin encrimson�d; But not unlike—and 'tis a better token— Roses tear-wash'd, which hang the blushing head.

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The sun shot up amidst the encrimsoned mountain peaks, and shone brightly down from a sky of cloudless blue.

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Then will be fulfilled once more, perhaps for the last time, that law of human progress, which, so many times across the ages, has encrimsoned the conquest of the most equitable reforms.

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Facing me was a diminutive glade padded with downy grass, transformed into a pale yellow by the lustrous rays of the now encrimsoned sun.

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I could see nothing for the moment, but these two furious, encrimsoned faces, swaying together under the smoky lamp; and I shut my eyes to let them grow once more familiar with the darkness.

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