encrimson

[ en-krim-zuhn, -suhn ]

verb (used with object)

1. to make crimson.

Word History and Origins

Origin of encrimson¹

First recorded in 1765–75; en- ¹ + crimson

Example Sentences

Ah, not like lilies—'tis divinely spoken— Was Solomon, with sin encrimson�d; But not unlike—and 'tis a better token— Roses tear-wash'd, which hang the blushing head.

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All the beautiful snow was encrimsoned with it on the distant field of ice, where the men were carrying on their ghastly work.

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A fresh fusillade commences, the white gradually showing dimmer, till at length it is deeply encrimsoned, and the vaquero is a lifeless corpse.

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A spot of darker red dappled the bright disk of the Indian’s face—the vermilion seemed suddenly encrimsoned.

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Then will be fulfilled once more, perhaps for the last time, that law of human progress, which, so many times across the ages, has encrimsoned the conquest of the most equitable reforms.

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