becolour
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[edit]becolour (third-person singular simple present becolours, present participle becolouring, simple past and past participle becoloured)
- (transitive) To impart colour to; mark with colour; colour all over.
- 1891, Hāfiz, The Dīvān - Volume 1 - Page 143:
- Bring the wine (of love), wherewith we may becolour the garment of hypocrisy (borrowed, illusory, centreless existence); For, we are intoxicated with the cup of pride; and (with us only) the name of sensibleness — is.