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PURPURATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purpurate mean?
• PURPURATE (verb)
The verb PURPURATE has 1 sense:
1. color purple
Familiarity information: PURPURATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they purpurate ... he / she / it purpurates
Past simple: purpurated
Past participle: purpurated
-ing form: purpurating
... he / she / it purpurates Past simple: purpurated
Past participle: purpurated
-ing form: purpurating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Color purple
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "purpurate" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
purple (a purple color or pigment)
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