empurple

[ em-pur-puhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

, em·pur·pled, em·pur·pling.

1. to color or become purple or purplish.
2. to darken or redden; flush.

Word History and Origins

Origin of empurple¹

First recorded in 1580–90; em- ¹ + purple

Example Sentences

He hated them with a ferocity which made veins stand out upon his temples and fury empurple his skin.

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But the moments vent by, and still no hideous stain rose to empurple the green translucent plain of liquid light.

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It must have taken innumerable hogsheads of his thin vintage to empurple his face in this manner.

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Magnificent weather, one of those sun risings that empurple landscapes, left the river all its limpid serenity.

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