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envermeil

envermeil verb: to colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.

Verb

envermeil (third-person singular simple present envermeils, present participle envermeiling, simple past and past participle envermeiled)

  1. (obsolete, poetic, transitive) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
    • 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.1625, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, by John Milton

Forms of envermeil

third-person singular presentenvermeils
present participleenvermeiling
past participleenvermeiled
pastenvermeiled

Origin of envermeil

From en- + vermeil: compare Old French envermeiller.

Questions about envermeil

What does envermeil mean?
Envermeil means to colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
What part of speech is envermeil?
Envermeil is a verb.
What is the past tense of envermeil?
The past tense of envermeil is envermeiled.

Words near envermeil in the dictionary

  1. envenomisations
  2. envenomization
  3. envenomizations
  4. envenoms
  5. envenymous
  6. envermeil
  7. envermeiled
  8. envermeiling
  9. envermeils
  10. enviability
  11. enviable

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