becrimson

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becrimson (third-person singular simple present becrimsons, present participle becrimsoning, simple past and past participle becrimsoned)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To turn crimson; to redden.
    • 1825, The Minerva; Or, Literary, Entertaining, and Scientific Journal, page 160:
      Warm blushes unnumbered becrimson the cheek