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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.
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

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

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack

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

From Seven Men by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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