empurple en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English purple English empurple From em- + purple.
Meanings
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To make purple.
Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine, Some as the rubine, laughing sweetly red, Şome like fair emerauds, not yet well ripened
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
- Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| empurpling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| empurpled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| empurpled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| empurples | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |