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Definition of Purpurate
1. Verb. Color purple.
Generic synonyms: Color, Color In, Colorise, Colorize, Colour, Colour In, Colourise, Colourize
Derivative terms: Purple, Purple
Definition of Purpurate
1. a. Of or pertaining to purpura.
2. n. A salt of purpuric acid.
Definition of Purpurate
1. Noun. (chemistry) A salt of purpuric acid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purpurate
Literary usage of Purpurate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"purpurate of Nicotine. — Aqueous alloxan, to which a few drops of nicotine are
added, assumes in a few seconds a dark purple colour, and, subsequently, ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"Dr. Prout is of opinion that it contains some purpurate of ammonia, and consequently,
if this opinion he correct, no such substance as the ..."
3. On the Nature and Treatment of Stomach and Urinary Diseases: Being an by William Prout (1840)
"It remains, therefore, only to make a few remarks on ike purpurate of ammonia
... The purpurate of ammonia may be formed in a variety of ways pointed out by ..."
4. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"They may be obtained in crystals, which resemble in colour purpurate of ammonia
... purpurate of magnesia is a very soluble salt of a most beautiful purple. ..."
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