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empurple

verb

Etymology

From em- + purple.

  1. derived from πορφύρα — “purple-fish”
  2. derived from purpura — “purple dye, shellfish”
  3. derived from purpure — “purple colour”
  4. inherited from purpul — “purple”
  5. inherited from purple
  6. prefixed as empurple — “en + purple”

Definitions

  1. To make purple.

    • Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine, Some as the rubine, laughing sweetly red, Şome like fair emerauds, not yet well ripened

  2. To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.

  3. Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy

    Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA