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Definition of Impurple
1. v. t. To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.
Definition of Impurple
1. Verb. (alternative form of empurple) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impurple
1. empurple [v IMPURPLED, IMPURPLING, IMPURPLES] - See also: empurple
Medical Definition of Impurple
1. To colour or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood. "Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled." (Milton) "The silken fleece impurpled for the loom." (Pope) Origin: Pref. Im- in + purple. Cf. Empurple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impurple
Literary usage of Impurple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Daisies have snowed all over the Campagna, periwinkles star the grass, crocuses
and anemones impurple the spaces between the rows of springing grain along ..."
2. Memoirs of the American Revolution: So Far as it Related to the States of by William Moultrie (1802)
"... with all ' my present year's provision : the genius of the ' river, has taken
a fancy to it, himself; and has ' chosen to impurple his robe at my ..."
3. Lexicon to the English Poetical Works of John Milton by Laura Emma Lockwood (1907)
"impurple, rli. tr. to make purple or L. iv. 74H ; SA 1424. ab'ol. the angels who
were de- brilliant in colour : PL III. 364. Impute, vb. ..."
4. Roba Di Roma by William Wetmore Story (1887)
"Daisies have snowed all over the Campagna, — periwinkles star the grass, — crocuses
and anemones impurple the spaces between the rows of springing grain ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In by John Walker (1822)
"Want of sanctity, net of unchastity, feculent mixture. impurple, îm-pfir'pl.
va To make red. ..."
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