† ˈpurpured, a. Obs.
[f. purpur + -ed2.]
Clothed in purple; coloured or dyed purple; empurpled; = purpurate a. 1; also as pa. pple.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Esdras iv. 33 Thanne the king and the purprid men beheelden either in to other. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xli. (Br. Mus. Add. 27944 f. 284) Þay [the Romans] halwede.. hors of dyuers colours and purpurede [purpureos] to þe reynbowe. 1557 N. Grimalde in Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 120 Now corpses hide the purpurde soyl with blood. 1557–75 Diurnal of Occurr. (Bann. Club) 68 Ane psalme buik, coverit with fyne purpourit veluot. 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. ii. ii, Euerie bush lay deepely purpured With violets. |