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PURPURATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they purpurate ... he / she / it purpurates
Past simple: purpurated
-ing form: purpurating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)