embrownv.

Brit.

/ɪmˈbraʊn/,

/ɛmˈbraʊn/, U.S.

/əmˈbraʊn/,

/ɛmˈbraʊn/

Forms: Also 1600s imbroun. 1600s–1800s imbrown.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + brown adj.; compare French embrunir , Italian imbrunire , which are used in sense 1.

1. transitive. To darken, make dusky. Chiefly poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)]

thesterc888

darkc1300

endark?c1400

darken?1521

endarken1569

Cimmerianize1600

sable1610

blinda1643

pitch1664

embrown1667

disilluminate1865

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 246 The unpierc't shade Imbround the noontide Bowrs.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 11 Thy dark Pencil, Midnight!..Embrowns the whole.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 23 Deep chasms..are imbrowned with the thick foliage of lofty trees.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. ix. 115 No deeper clouds the grove embrowned.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. ii. 5 The air, Imbrown'd with shadows.

figurative.1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 430 Greek Philosophy, imbrowned with the Fanaticism of Eastern Cant.

2. To make brown. Also (rarely) intransitive for reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > make brown [verb (transitive)]

brown1570

umber1612

embrown1725

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 93 The ready meal before Ulysses lay'd... With flour imbrown'd.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 25 Departing Autumn all embrowns The frequent-bitten fields.

1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 211 A painting, which is just embrowned and mellowed by the hand of time.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. ii. i. 184 The suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion.

1867 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Purgatorio iv. v. 21 What time the grape imbrowns.

figurative.1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 466 His own uncourtly style is embrowned with the tint of a century old.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embrown
释义	embrownv. Brit. /ɪmˈbraʊn/, /ɛmˈbraʊn/, U.S. /əmˈbraʊn/, /ɛmˈbraʊn/ Forms: Also 1600s imbroun. 1600s–1800s imbrown. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + brown adj.; compare French embrunir , Italian imbrunire , which are used in sense 1. 1. transitive. To darken, make dusky. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] thesterc888 darkc1300 endark?c1400 darken?1521 endarken1569 Cimmerianize1600 sable1610 blinda1643 pitch1664 embrown1667 disilluminate1865 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 246 The unpierc't shade Imbround the noontide Bowrs. View more context for this quotation 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 11 Thy dark Pencil, Midnight!..Embrowns the whole. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 23 Deep chasms..are imbrowned with the thick foliage of lofty trees. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. ix. 115 No deeper clouds the grove embrowned. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. ii. 5 The air, Imbrown'd with shadows. figurative.1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 430 Greek Philosophy, imbrowned with the Fanaticism of Eastern Cant. 2. To make brown. Also (rarely) intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > make brown [verb (transitive)] brown1570 umber1612 embrown1725 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 93 The ready meal before Ulysses lay'd... With flour imbrown'd. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 25 Departing Autumn all embrowns The frequent-bitten fields. 1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 211 A painting, which is just embrowned and mellowed by the hand of time. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. ii. i. 184 The suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion. 1867 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Purgatorio iv. v. 21 What time the grape imbrowns. figurative.1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 466 His own uncourtly style is embrowned with the tint of a century old. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1667
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