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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
empurple .
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Examples
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She is said to have Puritan angularities and to love money; but she pours out now, as in 1776, lavish expenditures of her treasure in defence of the Union; and the blood of her sons empurples the ocean and the lakes in every naval conflict, and moistens all the battle fields of the nation.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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They are more exalted when they talk about works of art than real artists, for their enthusiasm, not being an incentive to the hard task of penetrating to the depths, expands outwards, heats their conversation and empurples their faces; they think they are doing something by shrieking at the tops of their voices: “Bravo!
Time Regained 2003
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