Blush \Blush\ (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blushed
(bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blushing.]
[OE. bluschen to
shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a
torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to
blaze, blush.]
1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense
of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such
cause, as the cheeks or face.
To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the
morn. --Milton.
In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the
young offender is ashamed to blush. --Buckminster.
He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous
worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper.
2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But
stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak.
3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other
flowers.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T.
Gray.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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