PURPLE
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Pur"ple (?), n.; pl. Purples (#). [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. &unr_; the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. &unr_; dark (said of the sea), purple, &unr_; to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. Porphyry, Purpure.] 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
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Arraying with reflected purple and gold
The clouds that on his western throne attend.
Milton.
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&hand_; 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.
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2. 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.
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Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet.
Ex. xxvi. 1.
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3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. “He was born in the purple.” Gibbon.
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4. A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (Basilarchia arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
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6. (Zo&ö;l.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
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7. pl.(Med.) See Purpura.
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8. pl. A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
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&hand_; 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.
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French purple. (Chem.) Same as Cudbear. -- Purple of Cassius. See Cassius. -- Purple of mollusca (Zo&ö;l.), 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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Pur"ple, a. 1. 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.
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2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
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Hide in the dust thy purple pride.
Shelley.
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3. Blood-red; bloody.
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May such purple tears be alway shed.
Shak.
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I view a field of blood,
And Tiber rolling with a purple blood.
Dryden.
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Purple bird (Zo&ö;l.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule. -- Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite. -- Purple grackle (Zo&ö;l.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow. -- Purple martin. See under Martin. -- Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper. -- Purple shell. See Ianthina.
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Pur"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purpling.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
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When morn
Purples the east.
Milton.
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Reclining soft in blissful bowers,
Purpled sweet with springing flowers.
Fenton.
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