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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.