Im-pûr'ple, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMPURPLED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMPURPLING.] [Prefix im and purple; O. Fr. empourprer; It. impurporare, to dress in purple.] To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; as, a field impurpled with blood.

The bright Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled. Milton.