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empurple, v.|ɛmˈpɜːp(ə)l|
Also 7 enpurple, 6 inpurple, 7–8 impurple.
[f. en- + purple.]
trans. To make purple; to redden.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. vii. 17 Wildings.. whose sides empurpled were with smyling red. 1623Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (1711) 119 The violets..impurple not the winter. c1630― Poems Wks. (1711) 5 O sacred blush, enpurpling cheeks pure skies With crimson wings. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 364 The bright Pavement impurpl'd with Celestial Roses smil'd. 1755Johnson, Empurple. 1772Sir W. Jones Laura 62 The rising flowers impurpled every dale. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 489 That setting sun Is now empurpling Scotland's mountain tops. 18..Mrs. Browning Lam. for Adonis v, The blood ran away And empurpled the thigh. 1884Hunter & Whyte My Ducats & Dau. i. (1885) 2 A dye-work..daily empurpled the stream.
b. To robe or clothe in purple. rare.
1598Florio, Porporare, to impurple or inroabe with scarlet. 1868Beecher Serm. Crowned Suffering, The ribald soldiery..empurple him [Christ]. |