BLUSH

blush. Blush, v.i. to redden in the face

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Blush (blŭsh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blushed (blŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blushing.] [[OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, āblȳsian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.]] 1. 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. 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. 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.