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Definition of Ensanguines
1. ensanguine [v] - See also: ensanguine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensanguines
Literary usage of Ensanguines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1904)
"The conquest of Charleston is a great event at the present mement: not a good
one if it ensanguines us against peace. I neither understand military details ..."
2. Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (Le Feu) by Henri Barbusse (1917)
"... we fall back automatically upon the cares of the moment and absorb ourselves
in them— hunger, thirst, the lice whose crushing ensanguines all our nails, ..."
3. Chivalry by Léon Gautier (1891)
"Blood flows, not only that of the dogs : the boar's blood ensanguines the sward,
and the noble blood of the huntsman mingles with it. ..."
4. The Sea (La Mer) by Jules Michelet (1864)
"The Whale, when wounded, ensanguines the ocean to a great distance; the blood
that we have in drops,is lavished upon him in torrents. ..."
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