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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empurpled}; p. pr & vb n. {Empurpling}.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf {Impurple}.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. ``The deep empurpled ran.'' --Philips. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: empurpled adj 1: excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn: {embellished}, {over-embellished}, {purple}] 2: made purple especially as with suffused blood; "empurpled with rage"; "purple with suppressed anger" [syn: {purple}] n : a chromatic color between red and blue [syn: {purple}, {purpleness}]
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