ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] a. That makes purple, reddens. b. That grows purple.
1793[?]. Coleridge, Songs of Pixies, ix. The impurpling vale.
1797. Mrs. Radcliffe, Italian, III. ix. 312. An empurpling and reposing hue.
ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] a. That makes purple, reddens. b. That grows purple.
1793[?]. Coleridge, Songs of Pixies, ix. The impurpling vale.
1797. Mrs. Radcliffe, Italian, III. ix. 312. An empurpling and reposing hue.