| • | A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. |
| • | Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. |
| • | Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. |
| • | A cardinalate. See Cardinal. |
| • | Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula. |
| • | Any shell of the genus Purpura. |
| • | See Purpura. |
| • | A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle. |
| • | Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. |
| • | Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. |
| • | Blood-red; bloody. |
| • | To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. |
