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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)