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ensanguine

[ en-sang-gwin ]

/ ɛnˈsæŋ gwɪn /

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verb (used with object), en·san·guined, en·san·guin·ing.

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

Words nearby ensanguine

enroot, ens, ens., ensa, ensample, ensanguine, enschede, ensconce, enscroll, ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, ensemble

Example sentences from the Web for ensanguined

He still held in his sinewy hand the ensanguined poniard, and with the savage laugh of a fiend exulted over his deed.

Gomez Arias |Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
The blood rushed to that ensanguined face till it looked like a great romanete apple: "Hortense?"

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 |Various
The azure and emerald of late afternoon drifted into the ensanguined gold of sunset.

The Kingdom Round the Corner |Coningsby Dawson
There are thousands who know how this soil has been ensanguined and enriched.

A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia |Hamilton Wilcox Pierson

The ensanguined Sylla wept over the recital of the miseries he himself had caused.

Martyria |Augustus C. Hamlin

British Dictionary definitions for ensanguined

ensanguine

/ (ɪnˈsæŋɡwɪn) /

verb

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