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empurpled, ppl. a.|ɛmˈpɜːp(ə)ld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
That is made or turned purple; reddened.
1708J. Philips Cyder (1807) 60 Down rain th' impurpled balls, ambrosial fruit. 1790–1813A. Wilson Sheph. Dream Poet. Wks. 11 Bleaters, nibbling o'er th' empurpled plain. 18..Macaulay Ivry, We thought of Seine's empurpled flood.
b. Clad in or covered with purple. Also fig.
1860T. Martin Horace 55 Barbaric monarchs' mothers, and empurpled tyrants fear. 1878Masque Poets 30 The empurpled ease Of her Greek couch. |