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empurpled

The correct spelling is empurpled.

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The correct spelling is empurpled. To make purple. For example: "2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." http//www.slate.com/id/2111506"

Usage Examples

2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." http//www.slate.com/id/2111506

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make purple.
  2. 2.To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
  3. 3.Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.

adjective

  1. 1.Made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
  2. 2.(of a text) over-embellished or flowery

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