empurple

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empurple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Empurpling.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]
     To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to
     impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." --Philips.
     [1913 Webster]

empurple - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  empurple
      v 1: color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate]