redden

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To become red or redder.

   • But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.
   • Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.
   • 1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, Faber & Faber, "Phaethon," lines 227-9, p. 32, When the sun-god saw that, and the reddening sky And the waning moon seeming to thaw He called the Hours to yoke the horses.
2. 2

   To make red or redder.

   • God redden your pale blood!
   • […] If the cloud that hangs Upon the heart and round the mind Cleared from the north and in that height The sun appeared and reddened great Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude With rubies then, attend me now.
   • Then listen Thebes, nurse of Semele, Crown your hair with ivy Turn your fingers green with bryony Redden your walls with berries.
3. 3

   A male given name.

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   1. 4

      A surname.

      • Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.

The neighborhood

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