verb
- to stain or wet with blood
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The warrior’s sword was embruing with the blood of his enemies.
- Ancient texts describe soldiers embruing their weapons in battle.
- The hunter found his hands embruing after the kill.
- Medieval poetry often depicted knights embruing their blades.
- The battlefield left many weapons embruing in crimson.
- Old chronicles tell of heroes embruing their swords in combat.