† ˈpurpurize,v.Obs. [f. L. purpura purple + -ize.] trans. To make purple. 1632J. Hayward tr.Biondi's Eromena 53 A shadow, purpurized under the obscuritie of veiles.1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vi. 99 So being scarlet purpurized, it might be termed by either, and both appellations.