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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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... soldiers were neglected, and the assembly faltered, and the militia disobeyed, the French and Indians kept at work on the long, exposed frontier. There panic reigned, farmhouses and villages went up in smoke, and the fields were reddened with slaughter at each fresh incursion. Gentlemen in Williamsburg bore these misfortunes with reasonable fortitude, but Washington raged against the abuses and the inaction, and vowed that nothing but the imminent danger prevented his resignation. ...

— George Washington, Vol. I • Henry Cabot Lodge

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... with reddened grain And the wounded wail and writhe in pain. The hard-held Bloody Angle drips anew And Pickett charges with ...

— The Haunted Hour - An Anthology • Various

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... it?" said Hallblithe; but he deemed that he knew what it would be, and he reddened for the joy of his ...

— The Story of the Glittering Plain - or the Land of Living Men • William Morris

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... Mr. Gibson reddened; he was offended for a moment. Then the partial truth of what the squire said was presented to his mind, and he remembered their old friendship, so he spoke quietly, ...

— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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... "I? No." He reddened; but she could not notice it in the moonlight. "No," he repeated; "I have an allowance from my father. I'm new at ...

— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers

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