单词 | purpurize |
释义 | † purpurizev. Obsolete. transitive. To make purple. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > turning purple > make purple [verb (transitive)] purple?a1475 corkc1485 impurpure1554 bepurple1582 empurple1590 violet1623 purpurize1632 purpurate1642 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 53 A shadow, purpurized [It. purpureggiante] under the obscuritie of veiles. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 99 So being Scarlet purpurized, it might be termed by either, and both appellations. 1703 J. Elsum Art of Painting after Ital. Manner xliii. 127 The Sea itself, which is in some places Blewish,..and in others Blackish, Yellowish, or purpurized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < v.1632 |
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