redden

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Conjugation

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[edit] Etymology

red +‎ -en

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• Rhymes: -ɛdən

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to redden (third-person singular simple present reddens, present participle reddening, simple past and past participle reddened)

1. (intransitive) To become red.
   • 1769: Plautus, Bonnell Thornton (translation), "The Captives", The Comedies of Plautus, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, page 341

     But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.

2. (transitive) To make red.
   • 1794: William Hamilton, "Mithridates", Poems on Several Occasions, W. Gordon, page 258

     Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.

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• red

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• reddener

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Compare the Icelandic redda (“‘to fix’”).

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redden (weak verb)

1. to save, rescue

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