(rare) A surname from Middle English.

(rare) somewhat purple

(rare) In a purple manner; with purple colour.

simple past tense and past participle of purple

The state or condition of being purple in colour.

Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. / (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.

A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. / (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.

(intransitive) To turn purple in colour. / (transitive) To dye purple. / (transitive) To clothe in purple.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purple

plural of purple / swine fever or hog cholera / ear cockle / (medicine) purpura / An early purple-flowered orchid.