purple
adjective
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of a color intermediate between red and bluevioletpurplish
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belonging to or befitting a supreme rulerroyalmajesticimperialregal
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excessively elaborate or showily expressed“a writer of empurpled literature”empurpled
noun
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a purple color or pigmentpurpleness
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of imperial status“They were born to the purple.”
verb
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color purpleempurplepurpurate
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become purple