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English Dictionary: redden by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redden
v
  1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
    Synonym(s): blush, crimson, flush, redden
  2. make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"
  3. turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redden \Red"den\ (r?d"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reddened}
      (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reddening}.] [From {Red}, a.]
      To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redden \Red"den\, v. i.
      To grow or become red; to blush.
  
               Appius reddens at each word you speak.   --Pope.
  
               He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek
               reddened than his obstinacy was at once subbued. --Sir
                                                                              W. SCott.
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