dictionary definitions for "empurple"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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


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