verb
Meaning 1
To make purple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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empurple
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verb
Meaning 2
To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
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verb
Meaning 3
Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
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verb
Meaning 4
color purple
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purple, purpurate
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Broader terms: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English purple English empurple From em- + purple.