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Meaning of envermeil | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.

obsolete, poetic, transitive

Equivalents

Русский окра́сить багря́нцем подрумянить

Examples

“1625, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, by John Milton 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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

envermeiled envermeiling envermeils envie envied envies

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