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Redden   /rˈɛdən/   Listen
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Redden  v. t.  (past & past part. reddened; pres. part. reddening)  To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.



Redden  v. i.  To grow or become red; to blush. "Appius reddens at each word you speak." "He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than his obstinacy was at once subbued."






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"Redden" Quotes from Famous Books



... hours the horse plodded along the stony and uneven road, and then the light began to redden in the east, and Jim could see the road sufficiently to increase his speed with safety. It was not until long after the sun had risen that Benedict awoke, and found himself too weak to rise. Jim gave him more ...
— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

... small children occasionally manage to gouge from their dolls' heads." For generations they have been called "dolls' eyes" in Massachusetts. Especially after these poisonous berries fully ripen and the rigid stems which bear them thicken and redden, we cannot fail to notice them. As the sepals fall early, the white stamens and stigmas are the most conspicuous parts of ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al

... banner of revolt. I ask you to mark the signal that blazes here, and see if there will not soon appear the answering signals of Traitors all over the Land. * * * If these men do mean to light the torch of War in all our homes; if they have resolved to begin the fearful work which will redden our streets, and this Capitol, with blood, the American People should know it at once, and ...
— The Great Conspiracy, Complete • John Alexander Logan

... quiet, but there was something in it that made the lady redden, and check herself instantly. Margaret wondered what would become of her, if her uncle should ever speak ...
— Margaret Montfort • Laura E. Richards

... LIONEL certainly did redden when Johnnie's message was delivered to him. The quick-eyed Elsie noted it and darted a look at Clover, but Clover only shook her head slightly in return. Each sister adhered to her ...
— In the High Valley - Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series • Susan Coolidge


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