Purple \Pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purpling}.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. When morn Purples the east. --Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. -- Fenton.