impurple
impurple is the alternative form of empurple.
Meaning of empurple
Verb
empurple (third-person singular simple present empurples, present participle empurpling, simple past and past participle empurpled)
- To make purple.
- Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine,
Some as the rubine, laughing sweetly red,
Şome like fair emerauds, not yet well ripened1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine,
- To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
- Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
Forms of impurple
| third-person singular present | impurples |
|---|---|
| present participle | impurpling |
| past participle | impurpled |
| past | impurpled |
Origin of impurple
From im- + purple.
Questions about impurple
- What is impurple the alternative form of?
- Impurple is the alternative form of empurple.
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