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PUR'PLE, a. [L. purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]

1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the roman emperors wore robes of this color.

2. In poetry, red or livid; dyed with blood.

I view a field of blood,

And Tyber rolling with a purple flood.

PUR'PLE, n. A purple color or dress; hence, imperial government in the Roman empire, as a purple robe was the distinguishing dress of the emperors.

1. A cardinalate.

PUR'PLE, v.t. [L. purpuro.] To make purple, or to dye of a red color; as hands purpled with blood.

When morn

Purples the east.

Reclining soft in blissful bowers,

Purpled sweet with springing flowers.



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PUR'PLE, a. [L. purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]

1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the roman emperors wore robes of this color.

2. In poetry, red or livid; dyed with blood.

I view a field of blood,

And Tyber rolling with a purple flood.

PUR'PLE, n. A purple color or dress; hence, imperial government in the Roman empire, as a purple robe was the distinguishing dress of the emperors.

1. A cardinalate.

PUR'PLE, v.t. [L. purpuro.] To make purple, or to dye of a red color; as hands purpled with blood.

When morn

Purples the east.

Reclining soft in blissful bowers,

Purpled sweet with springing flowers.

PUR'PLE, a. [Fr. pourpré; L. purpureus; Sp. purpureo; It. porporino; Gr. πορφυρεος, from πορφυρα; L. purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]

  1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the Roman emperors wore robes of this color.
  2. In poetry, red or livid; dyed with blood. I view a field of blood, / And Tyber rolling with a purple flood. – Dryden.

PUR'PLE, n.

  1. A purple color or dress; hence, imperial government in the Roman empire, as a purple robe was distinguishing dress of the emperors. – Gibbon.
  2. A cardinalate. – Addison. Hume.

PUR'PLE, v.t. [L. purpuro.]

To make purple, or to dye of a red color; as, hands purples with blood. When morn / Purples the east. – Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, / Purpled sweet with springing flowers. – Fenton.


Pur"ple
  1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

    Arraying with reflected purple and gold
    The clouds that on his western throne attend.
    Milton.

    * The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth.

  2. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
  3. To make purple] to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.

    When morn
    Purples the east.
    Milton.

    Reclining soft in blissful bowers,
    Purpled sweet with springing flowers.
    Fenton.

  4. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.

    Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. Ex. xxvi. 1.

  5. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.

    Hide in the dust thy purple pride. Shelley.

  6. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.

    "He was born in the purple." Gibbon.
  7. Blood-red; bloody.

    May such purple tears be alway shed. Shak.

    I view a field of blood,
    And Tiber rolling with a purple blood.
    Dryden.

    Purple bird (Zoöl.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule. -- Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite. -- Purple grackle (Zoöl.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow. -- Purple martin. See under Martin. -- Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper. -- Purple shell. See Ianthina.

  8. A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
  9. Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
  10. Any shell of the genus Purpura.
  11. See Purpura.
  12. A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.

    * Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple- colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple- tinged, purple-tinted, and the like.

    French purple. (Chem.) Same as Cudbear. -- Purple of Cassius. See Cassius. -- Purple of mollusca (Zoöl.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex. -- To be born in the purple, to be of princely birth; to be highborn.

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Purple

PUR'PLE, adjective [Latin purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]

1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the roman emperors wore robes of this color.

2. In poetry, red or livid; dyed with blood.

I view a field of blood,

And Tyber rolling with a purple flood.

PUR'PLE, noun A purple color or dress; hence, imperial government in the Roman empire, as a purple robe was the distinguishing dress of the emperors.

1. A cardinalate.

PUR'PLE, verb transitive [Latin purpuro.] To make purple or to dye of a red color; as hands purpled with blood.

When morn

Purples the east.

Reclining soft in blissful bowers,

Purpled sweet with springing flowers.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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