PUR'PLEPUR'PLED
PUR'PLE, v.t. [L. purpuro.]
To make purple, or to dye of a red color; as, hands purples with blood. When morn / Purples the east. – Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, / Purpled sweet with springing flowers. – Fenton.
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