empurple v 1: color purple [syn: {purple}, {empurple}, {purpurate}]
Empurple \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. [1913 Webster]