Purple
Definition of Purple
Pur´ple | n. | 1. | A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. | | 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. | | 3. | Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. | | 4. | A cardinalate. See Cardinal. | | 5. | (Zool.) 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. | | 6. | (Zool.) Any shell of the genus Purpura. | | 7. | (Med.) See Purpura. | | 8. | A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle. | | 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. | | 2. | Imperial; regal; - so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. | | 3. | Blood-red; bloody. | | v. t. | 1. | To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. |
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