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  • English Word Purloined Definition of Purloin
  • English Word Purloiner Definition One who purloins.
  • English Word Purloining Definition of Purloin
  • English Word Purocoll Definition A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained by the distillation of gelatin.
  • English Word Purparty Definition A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
  • English Word Purple Definition A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
  • English Word Purple Definition Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
  • English Word Purple Definition Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
  • English Word Purple Definition A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
  • English Word Purple Definition Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
  • English Word Purple Definition Any shell of the genus Purpura.
  • English Word Purple Definition See Purpura.
  • English Word Purple Definition A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
  • English Word Purple Definition Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
  • English Word Purple Definition Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
  • English Word Purple Definition Blood-red; bloody.
  • English Word Purple Definition To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
  • English Word Purpled Definition of Purple
  • English Word Purpleheart Definition A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
  • English Word Purples Definition of Purple
  • English Word Purplewood Definition Same as Purpleheart.
  • English Word Purpling Definition of Purple
  • English Word Purplish Definition Somewhat purple.
  • English Word Purport Definition Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
  • English Word Purport Definition Disguise; covering.
  • English Word Purport Definition To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
  • English Word Purported Definition of Purport
  • English Word Purporting Definition of Purport
  • English Word Purportless Definition Without purport or meaning.
  • English Word Purpose Definition That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.