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.
