transitive. To make red; = redden, v. 1a.

transitive. To make red or ruddy; to redden. Usually in passive. Chiefly archaic and English regional (northern) in later use.

transitive. To make red, to redden; spec. to cause the skin or another part of the body to turn red. Also intransitive. Now rare.

transferred. To light up or redden as if with flame; to ‘fire’.

transitive. To mark with ruddle.

transitive. To make red, to impart a red colour to (a substance or thing).

transitive. To make red. Also intransitive: †to cause redness (obsolete). Cf. rubify, v.

transitive. literary and poetic. Esp. of the sun: to cause to glow as if on fire; to suffuse with a fiery hue.

transitive. To make red.

transitive. To cover over with red; spec. to cover with blood.

transitive. To make ruddy; to redden; (of light, fire, etc.) to give a red glow or appearance to.

figurative. transitive. To cause to blush or become flushed; (more generally) to redden. Frequently in passive.