ensanguine

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/ɛnˈsæŋ.ɡwən//ɪn-/

verb

to stain with blood

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbensanguine (third-person singular simple present ensanguines, present participle ensanguining, simple past and past participle ensanguined)

present singular third person ensanguines · participle present ensanguining · participle past ensanguined · past ensanguined

  1. to stain with blood

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishsanguine
  9. Englishensanguine

From en- + sanguine.

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APA

ensanguine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensanguine

MLA

“ensanguine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensanguine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensanguine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensanguine.

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