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Definition of Empurpling
1. empurple [v] - See also: empurple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empurpling
Literary usage of Empurpling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"Invisibly the shadows grow, empurpling in a rising tide The walks where light-gowned
women go, white curb, gray asphalt iris-dyed. ..."
2. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... sea-like murmurs from the rustling corn, And low-voiced brooks that wandered
drowsily By pendent clusters of empurpling grapes Swinging upon the vine. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"... The blood-red robes they wear empurpling all the air, Even their immortal
limbs, the signs of Enjoy the full completion of their heavenly dreams. ..."
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