ˈpurpling, ppl. a. Chiefly poetic.
[f. purple v. + -ing2.]
Becoming purple.
| 1652 Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro 29 Th' Babe's bright face, the purpling Bud And Rosy dawn of the right Royall blood. 1652 ― Mary Magd. Wks. (1904) 261 The maiden gemme By the purpling vine put on. 1786 Burns To Mount. Daisy ii, Upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. 1826 Wordsw. Ode May Morning i, From the purpling east departs The star that led the dawn. |