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EMPURPLED
empurpled, over-embellished, purple
(adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed; “a writer of empurpled literature”; “many purple passages”; “an over-embellished story of the fish that got away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
empurpled
simple past tense and past participle of empurple
Adjective
empurpled (comparative more empurpled, superlative most empurpled)
made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
Source: Wiktionary
EMPURPLE
Em*pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling.] Etym: [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]
Definition: To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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