empurple
[ em-pur-puhl ]
verb (used with or without object),em·pur·pled, em·pur·pling.
to color or become purple or purplish.
to darken or redden; flush.
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How to use empurple in a sentence
He hated them with a ferocity which made veins stand out upon his temples and fury empurple his skin.
The Hate Disease | William Fitzgerald JenkinsBut the moments vent by, and still no hideous stain rose to empurple the green translucent plain of liquid light.
A Veldt Official | Bertram MitfordIt must have taken innumerable hogsheads of his thin vintage to empurple his face in this manner.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2 | Nathaniel HawthorneMagnificent weather, one of those sun risings that empurple landscapes, left the river all its limpid serenity.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne | Alexandre Dumas
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