verb
- staining or covering with blood; making bloody
Usage: literary or formal; present participle of ensanguine
Examples
- The battlefield lay ensanguining the earth with the blood of fallen soldiers.
- The writer described the ensanguining of the ancient stones by centuries of conflict.
- The ritual involved ensanguining the altar as an offering.
- The storm's violence was ensanguining the once-peaceful valley.
- Historical accounts speak of ensanguining the ground during the siege.