embrown

em- +‎ brown. Akin to Italian, imbrunire, French embrunir

embrown (third-person singular simple present embrowns, present participle embrowning, simple past and past participle embrowned)

1. (transitive) To make brown or dusky.
   • 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. L. Burt Company (1832?), 26:

     His features were small, well-formed, and delicate, though deeply embrowned by the Eastern sun, and terminated by a flowing and curled black beard, which seemed trimmed with peculiar care.

2. (intransitive) To become brown or dusky.
3. (transitive) To darken, make dark.
4. (intransitive) To darken, become dark.

• Mewborn, browmen