Redden

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›dÉ™n

Origin

From red + -en.

Full definition of redden

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become red.
• 1769: Plautus, Bonnell Thornton (translation), "The Captives", The Comedies of Plautus, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, page 341But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.
2. (transitive) To make red.
• 1794: William Hamilton (Jacobite poet), "Mithridates", Poems on Several Occasions, W. Gordon, page 258Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.

Related terms

• red

Derived terms

• reddener