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bepurple
bepurple v. 
/biˈpərp(ə)l/
Brit. /bᵻˈpəːpl/
, /bᵻˈpəːpl/U.S. /bəˈpərp(ə)l/
, /bəˈpərp(ə)l//biˈpərp(ə)l/ΘΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > turning purple > make purple [verb (transitive)]
purple?a1475
corkc1485
impurpure1554
bepurple1582
empurple1590
violet1623
purpurize1632
purpurate1642
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 17 His sight was yoouthlye bepurpled.
1771 ‘The Trifler’ Muse in Miniature 115 Mossy banks and flower-bepurpled plains.
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