purpurize
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin purpura + -ize.[1] Equivalent to purpure + -ize.
Verb
[edit]purpurize (third-person singular simple present purpurizes, present participle purpurizing, simple past and past participle purpurized)
- (transitive, archaic) To make (something) purple-coloured.
- Synonym: purple
References
[edit]- ^ “purpurize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
