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Bronze \Bronze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bronzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bronzing}.] [Cf. F. bronzer. See {Bronze}, n.]
1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze
powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze;
as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.
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The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. --W. Black.
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2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
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The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his
forehead. --Sir W.
Scott.
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{Bronzed skin disease}. (Pathol.) See {Addison's disease}.
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