Sanguine

Definition of Sanguine

San´guine

a.	1.	Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. - Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. - Milton.
	2.	Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
	3.	Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
	4.	Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.
n.	1.	Blood color; red.
	2.	Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. - Chaucer.
	3.	(Min.) Bloodstone.
	4.	Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
v. t.	1.	To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

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