envermeil en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + vermeil: compare Old French envermeiller.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic, transitive) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
1625, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, by John Milton For he being amorous on that lovely die / That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kiss / But kill'd alas, and then bewayl'd his fatal bliss.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| envermeiled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| envermeiled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envermeiling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| envermeils | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ru подрумя́нить (to colour with vermilion (poetic)) · ru окра́сить багря́нцем (to colour with vermilion (poetic))