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EMBROWN
embrown, brown
(verb) make brown in color; “the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard”
embrown
(verb) cause to darken
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
embrown (third-person singular simple present embrowns, present participle embrowning, simple past and past participle embrowned)
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
(intransitive) To become brown or dusky.
(transitive) To darken, make dark.
(intransitive) To darken, become dark.
Anagrams
• Mewborn, browmen
Source: Wiktionary
Em*brown", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.]
Definition: To give a brown color to; to imbrown. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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