ensanguine

American  

[en-sang-gwin] / ɛnˈsæŋ gwɪn /

verb (used with object)

ensanguined, ensanguining

1. to stain or cover with or as with blood.

   a flag ensanguined with the blood of battle.

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ensanguine British  

/ ɪnˈsæŋɡwɪn /

verb

1. literary (tr) to cover or stain with or as with blood

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Etymology

Origin of ensanguine

First recorded in 1660–70; en- ¹ + sanguine

Example Sentences

Not a painter in the Isles of Hellas 25 Could portray her, mix the golden tawny With bright stain of poppies, or ensanguine Like the life her darling mouth's vermilion, So that, in the ages long hereafter, When we shall be dust of perished summers, 30 Any man could say who found that likeness, Smiling gently on it, "This was Gorgo!"

From Project Gutenberg

Whether it be the boudoir of a strumpet or the death-bed of a monarch—the strong character of a statesman-warrior abounding in contrasts and rich in mystery, or the personal history of a judge trained in the Old Bailey to vulgarize and ensanguine the King's Bench—he luxuriates with a vigour and variety of language and illustration which renders his "History" an attractive and absorbing story-book.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg