資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Empurple \Em*pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empurpled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Empurpling}.] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. {Impurple}.]
   To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to
   impurple. ``The deep empurpled ran.'' --Philips.

資料來源 : WordNet®

empurpled
     adj : excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of
           empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech
           embellished with classical quotations"; "an
           over-embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn:
            {embellished}, {over-embellished}, {purple}]
     n : a chromatic color between red and blue [syn: {purple}, {purpleness}]