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embrown.

To make (something) brown; to brown.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪmˈbɹaʊn/Received-Pronunciation/ɛm-/Received-Pronunciation/əmˈbɹaʊn/General-American/ɛm-/General-American
  1. To make (something) brown; to brown.

    also · figuratively · literary · poetic · transitive
  2. To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.

    also · figuratively · literary · poetic · transitive
  3. To become or make brown; to brown.

    also · figuratively · intransitive · literary · poetic
  4. To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.

    also · figuratively · intransitive · literary · poetic
Where this word comes from

PIE word *h₁én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). Cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire

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