Painting. Obs. Also 5–6 ennue, enewe. [perh. f. EN-1 + F. nuer to shade, tint (see quots. s.v. nuer in Godef.).] trans. To tint, shade; to graduate (colors). Also fig.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. v. The medlynge in conclusion So was ennewed by proportion That fynally excesse was there none. Ibid., II. x. I must procede with sable and with blacke And in ennuyng where ye fynde a lacke.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, III. ix. (1889), 110. The one shylde was enewed with whyte and the other shelde was reed.
1507. in Hazl., E. P. P., II. 123. With bothe roses ennued moost swetely By dame nature.
1530. Palsgr., 536/2. I ennewe, I set the laste and freshest coloure upon a thing, as paynters do whan their worke shall remayne to declare their connynge, Je renouuelle.
1573. Art of Limming, 5. This colour shalbe enewed (that is to say) darked or sadded with blacke ynke.
