empurplev.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːpl/,

/ɛmˈpəːpl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərp(ə)l/,

/ɛmˈpərp(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1500s– empurple, 1600s enpurple.

β. 1500s inpurple, 1500s– impurple.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: em- prefix, purple adj.

Etymology: < em- prefix + purple adj.On the variation between initial em- and -en in the α. forms see em- prefix. With β. forms compare im- prefix¹.

Chiefly poetic and literary.

1. transitive. To make purple (in any of the shades denoted or formerly denoted by this term: cf. purple adj. 2a); to redden. Also intransitive: to become purple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > turning purple > make purple [verb (transitive)]

purple?a1475

corkc1485

impurpure1554

bepurple1582

empurple1590

violet1623

purpurize1632

purpurate1642

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii2^v Wildings..Whose sides empurpled were with smyling red.

1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 50 The Violets..empurple not the Winter.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 22 O Sacred Blush enpurpling Cheekes, pure skies With crimson Wings.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 364 The bright Pavement..Impurpl'd with Celestial Roses smil'd.

1772 W. Jones Laura 62 The rising flowers impurpled every dale.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 489 That setting sun Is now empurpling Scotland's mountain tops.

1850 E. B. Browning Lament for Adonis in Poems (new ed.) I. 59 The blood ran away And empurpled the thigh.

1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) i. 2 A dye-work..daily empurpled the stream.

1914 M. Ashmun tr. G. De Maupassant in M. Ashmun Mod. Short Stories 285 The brilliant heavens threw into the water the images of scarlet clouds, empurpling the whole river.

1969 J. Gaskell Sweet Sweet Summer 48 Connor twisted her wrist so I could see the veins empurple.

1998 C. Channer Waiting in Vain (1999) v. 139 The air around them was empurpled by the twilight.

†2. transitive. To robe or clothe in purple. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > in specific colour

scarlet1553

empurple1598

sable1610

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Porporare, to impurple or inroabe with scarlet.

1868 H. W. Beecher Serm. (1869) I. 162 He now stood among the ribald soldiery... They empurple him [sc. Christ].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empurple
释义	empurplev. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːpl/, /ɛmˈpəːpl/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərp(ə)l/, /ɛmˈpərp(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1500s– empurple, 1600s enpurple. β. 1500s inpurple, 1500s– impurple. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: em- prefix, purple adj. Etymology: < em- prefix + purple adj.On the variation between initial em- and -en in the α. forms see em- prefix. With β. forms compare im- prefix¹. Chiefly poetic and literary. 1. transitive. To make purple (in any of the shades denoted or formerly denoted by this term: cf. purple adj. 2a); to redden. Also intransitive: to become purple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > turning purple > make purple [verb (transitive)] purple?a1475 corkc1485 impurpure1554 bepurple1582 empurple1590 violet1623 purpurize1632 purpurate1642 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii2^v Wildings..Whose sides empurpled were with smyling red. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 50 The Violets..empurple not the Winter. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 22 O Sacred Blush enpurpling Cheekes, pure skies With crimson Wings. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 364 The bright Pavement..Impurpl'd with Celestial Roses smil'd. View more context for this quotation 1772 W. Jones Laura 62 The rising flowers impurpled every dale. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 489 That setting sun Is now empurpling Scotland's mountain tops. 1850 E. B. Browning Lament for Adonis in Poems (new ed.) I. 59 The blood ran away And empurpled the thigh. 1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) i. 2 A dye-work..daily empurpled the stream. 1914 M. Ashmun tr. G. De Maupassant in M. Ashmun Mod. Short Stories 285 The brilliant heavens threw into the water the images of scarlet clouds, empurpling the whole river. 1969 J. Gaskell Sweet Sweet Summer 48 Connor twisted her wrist so I could see the veins empurple. 1998 C. Channer Waiting in Vain (1999) v. 139 The air around them was empurpled by the twilight. †2. transitive. To robe or clothe in purple. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > in specific colour scarlet1553 empurple1598 sable1610 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Porporare, to impurple or inroabe with scarlet. 1868 H. W. Beecher Serm. (1869) I. 162 He now stood among the ribald soldiery... They empurple him [sc. Christ]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1590
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