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envermeils

envermeils is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 envermeils

What is envermeils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Envermeils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of envermeil.

Words near envermeils in the dictionary

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

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