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to incarnadine

1 9.9

To make something look pink or light red

verb
/ɪnˈkɑrnəˌdaɪn/

Archaic

: incarnadinar

The artist incarnadined the cherub's cheeks to give them a lifelike glow.

Examples

She decided to incarnadine the walls of her nursery.
A warm light seemed to incarnadine the clouds at sunset.
Her memories of those days incarnadined her thoughts with nostalgia.
The artist incarnadined the flowers in her painting.
The artist incarnadined the cherub's cheeks to give them a lifelike glow.
She decided to incarnadine the walls of her nursery.
He chose to incarnadine the fabric to match the skin tones in his sculpture.

Synonyms

to dye

vsto incarnadine

83 2.2

To change the color of something using a coloring liquid or powder

does this specifically to produce a pinkish flesh tone rather than a general hue

to color

vsto incarnadine

75 1.0

To make something a different shade by painting or dyeing

is limited to producing a particular pinkish or reddish flesh shade

to pigment

vsto incarnadine

1 5.1

To add color to something by applying a colored substance or by natural change

targets making a specific pinkish flesh hue rather than describing materials used

to tinct

vsto incarnadine

Archaic

1 9.9

To give something a very light color

means to produce a full flesh pink rather than tinting slightly

to ruddle

vsto incarnadine

Archaic

9.9

To color something red with red powder or paint

focuses on creating a pinkish flesh tone rather than a pure red

to complexion

vsto incarnadine

Archaic

9.9

To give a color to something, often by light

specifies a single pinkish or reddish flesh shade rather than any hue

Antonyms

to bleach

30 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

to decolorize

1 7.0

To take the color out of something like fabric or a photograph

How Pink

to incarnadine

Archaic

1 9.9

to tint

6 3.6

Surface Forms

incarnadine infinitive

incarnadined past

incarnadined past participle

incarnading present participle

incarnadines third person singular

Morphology

incarnadine = incarnate (semi-transparent) = in + carn + adine

The verb sense ('to make flesh-colored') is directly related to the root meaning 'flesh' though the suffix '-adine' is non‑productive in modern English, so learners familiar with 'incarnate' or 'carn-' may infer the meaning.

Etymology

Incarnadine comes from the Latin incarnare, made of in- 'in' and carn- 'flesh'. It literally means 'to make flesh', so as a verb it means to give something a flesh-like, pinkish or reddish color.