redden Copy link Outline I. To make red1. rŭtĭlo, 12. rūfo, 1 (to make reddish)3. rŭbĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (poet.)4. rubrīco, 1 (to paint r.)5. mĭnio (to paint a vermilion r.)6. flammo, 1 (to make fiery red)II. To grow red1. rŭbesco, bui, 32. rŭtĭlesco, 33. rūfesco, 34. ērŭbesco, bui, 3 • redden: I. To make red: 1. rŭtĭlo, 1: to r. one's hair, r. comam, Suet. Cal. 47. 2. rūfo, 1 (to make reddish): it r.s the hair, rufat capillum, Plin. 23, 2, 32. 3. rŭbĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (poet.): to r. the horns with blood, r. cornua cruore, Ov. M. 12, 382. 4. rubrīco, 1 (to paint r.): Venant. 5. mĭnio (to paint a vermilion r.): cf. m. Jovem (to paint a statue red), Plin. 33, 7, 36. 6. flammo, 1 (to make fiery red): the youth, r.'d with shame, flammata pudore juventus, Val. Fl. 4, 655. II. To grow red: 1. rŭbesco, bui, 3: the clouds r. before the rising of the sun, ante exorientem solem nubes rubescunt, Plin. 18, 35, 78: the rose gradually r.ing, unfolds itself, rosa paullatim rubescens dehiscit, Plin. 21, 4, 10: Virg.: Ov. 2. rŭtĭlesco, 3: the hares r., lepores rutilescunt, Plin. 8, 55, 81. 3. rūfesco, 3: boiled down till it r.s, decoctum donec rufescat, Plin. 28, 12, 53. 4. ērŭbesco, bui, 3: v. blush.
REDDEN Copy link • REDDENTransitively, rufare: rutilum reddere (with the color of a fox): cocco tingere (to dye scarlet): miniare (with a sort of dark red): e nigro rutilum capillum reddere (to dye black hair red). [Vid: also, To DYE.] Intransitively, rubescere: rubefieri (PROP., of the face, to blush).