Purple bird
(Zoöl.),
the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule. — Purple copper ore. (Min.)
See Bornite. — Purple grackle (Zoöl.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow. — Purple martin.
See under Martin. — Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper. — Purple shell. See Ianthina.
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. Purpleheart
(Pur"ple*heart`) n. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained
from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (Copaifera pubiflora, Copaifera
bracteata, and Copaifera officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
Purplewood
(Pur"ple*wood`) n. Same as Purpleheart.
Purplish
(Pur"plish) a. Somewhat purple. Boyle.
Purport
(Pur"port) n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]
1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
The whole scope and purport of that dialogue. Norris.
With a look so piteous in purport
As if he had
been loosed out of hell.
Shak. 2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]
For she her sex under that strange purport
Did use to hide.
Spenser. Purport
(Pur"port), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.] [OF. purporter, pourporter.
See Purport, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; — often with an object clause
or infinitive.
They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded
Matter which little purported.
Rowe. Purportless
(Pur"port*less), a. Without purport or meaning.
Purpose
(Pur"pose) n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See Propound.]
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim
to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
He will his firste purpos modify.
Chaucer.
As my eternal purpose hath decreed.
Milton.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it.
Shak. 2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Instance; example. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
In purpose,
Of purpose,
On purpose,
with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally.
On purpose is the form now generally used.
Syn. — design; end; intention; aim. See Design.