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

See Examples For:

ensanguine ensanguined

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

From Seven Men by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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

Thomas, Lord Erskine, expressed himself as follows:— “On Waterloo’s ensanguined plain Lie tens of thousands of the slain; But none by sabre or by shot Fell half so flat as Walter Scott.”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

After a few more springs, the Indian suddenly wheeled, and was about to gallop back, when his eye was caught by the ensanguined object upon the rock.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

And yet what fierce currents were beginning to battle under the smooth surface--currents of hate and sorrow, and envy and despair--some ensanguined, some black as winter night.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Not to the ensanguined field of death alone Is valor limited.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)

Look, Sítá, see, divinely planned And built by Viśvakarmá's hand, Lanká the lovely city rest Enthroned on Mount Trikúṭa's crest Behold those fields, ensanguined yet, Where Vánar hosts and giants met.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)