embrown

Verb

Verb Forms: embrowned, embrowning, embrowns

To make something brown or darker in color.
cause to darken
make brown in color
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.

Examples

The sun seemed to embrown the old wooden Scrabble tiles over time.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁én
From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective).
Cognates
* French embrunir
* Italian imbrunire

Synonyms

brown, brownify

Scrabble Score: 14

embrown: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
embrown: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
embrown: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

embrown: valid Words With Friends Word