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单词 ensanguine
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ensanguine

[ en-sang-gwin ]
/ ɛnˈsæŋ gwɪn /

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, en route, ens, ENSA, ensample, ensanguine, Enschede, ensconce, enscroll, ensemble, ensemble acting
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Example sentences from the Web for ensanguine

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

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London
  • But in the attempt to incarnate and ensanguine it I failed wretchedly.

    Seven Men|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for ensanguine

ensanguine
/ (ɪnˈsæŋɡwɪn) /

verb

(tr) literary to cover or stain with or as with blood
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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