embrown

Definition

To make (something) brown; to brown.

Etymology

PIE word *h₁én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). Cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire

Example Sentences

• "For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away."
• "For blight of the season embrowneth the bloom, / And time winnows falshood, like chaff, as it flies: […]"
• "The mountain-moss by scorching skies imbrown'd, […]"

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