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Webster 1828 Edition


Empurpled

EMPUR'PLED

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Stained with a purple color.

Definition 2024


empurpled

empurpled

English

Verb

empurpled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of empurple

Adjective

empurpled (comparative more empurpled, superlative most empurpled)

  1. made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
    • 2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine."
  2. (of a text) over-embellished or flowery

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