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Webster 1913 Edition
Purpure
Pur′pure
,Noun.
[L.
purpura
purple. See Purple
.] (Her.)
Purple, – represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
Webster 1828 Edition
Purpure
PUR'PURE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Purpure
purpure
purpure
English
Alternative forms
- pu. or purp. in heraldic contexts.
Noun
purpure (uncountable)
- (heraldry): A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
- 1997: Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture. — Brault, Early Blazon
Translations
purple colour on a coat of arms
Adjective
purpure
Translations
in blazon, of the colour purple
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Spanish
Verb
purpure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of purpurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of purpurar.