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envermeiling

envermeiling is the present participle and gerund of envermeil.

Meaning of envermeil

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

Questions about envermeiling

What is envermeiling the present participle and gerund of?
Envermeiling is the present participle and gerund of envermeil.

Words near envermeiling in the dictionary

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

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