embrown

English

Etymology

em- +‎ brown. Akin to Italian, imbrunire, French embrunir

Verb

embrown (third-person singular simple present embrowns, present participle embrowning, simple past and past participle embrowned)

1. (transitive) To make brown or dusky.
   • 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. L. Burt Company (1832?), 26:

     His features were small, well-formed, and delicate, though deeply embrowned by the Eastern sun, and terminated by a flowing and curled black beard, which seemed trimmed with peculiar care.

2. (intransitive) To become brown or dusky.
3. (transitive) To darken, make dark.
4. (intransitive) To darken, become dark.

Anagrams

• Mewborn, browmen