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ensanguine

[ en-sang-gwin ]
/ ɛnˈsæŋ gwɪn /

verb (used with object), en·san·guined, en·san·guin·ing.

to stain or cover with or as with blood: a flag ensanguined with the blood of battle.

Words nearby ensanguine

enroot, ens, ens., ensa, ensample, ensanguine, enschede, ensconce, enscroll, ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, ensemble

Origin of ensanguine

First recorded in 1660–70; en-1 + sanguine
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Examples from the Web for ensanguine

  • His eyelids were inflamed, and but served to ensanguine the bitter and cold-blazing intensity of the pupils.

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London

  • But in the attempt to incarnate and ensanguine it I failed wretchedly.

    Seven Men|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for ensanguine

ensanguine
/ (ɪnˈsæŋɡwɪn) /

verb

(tr) literary to cover or stain with or as with blood
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012