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

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ensanguine ensanguined

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

"He answered not but with a sudden hand Made bare his branded and ensanguined brow, Which was like Cain's or Christ's--oh! that it should be so!"

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

"But the name gives such an ensanguined suggestion," she objected.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles

In his perplexity and indignation an ensanguined mist passed across the vision of Sampei.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

It needed only Fowle’s ensanguined visage to complete the circle of reasoning.

From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis

His nerves, shattered by the tremendous strain of the year, the fevers, the disillusions, the unprofitable shiftings of standpoint, painted the prospect as black as they had formerly ensanguined it.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel