Dictionary.com
definitions

ensanguine

[en-sang-gwin]
verb (used with object), en·san·guined, en·san·guin·ing.
  1. to stain or cover with or as with blood: a flag ensanguined with the blood of battle.

Origin of ensanguine

First recorded in 1660–70; en-1 + sanguine
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for ensanguine

Historical Examples of ensanguine

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

    Seven Men

    Max Beerbohm

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

British Dictionary definitions for ensanguine

ensanguine

verb
  1. (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