redden

name

1. A male given name.
2. A surname.

   “Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red English -en English redden From red + -en.

1. To become red or redder.

   “But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.”

   “Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.”

2. To make red or redder.

   “God redden your pale blood!”

   “[…] If the cloud that hangs Upon the heart and round the mind Cleared from the north and in that height The sun appeared and reddened great Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude With rubies then, attend me now.”