"purples" in the noun sense
1. purple, purpleness
a purple color or pigment
2. purple, the purple
in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
"he was born to the purple"
3. purple, the purple
Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
"purples" in the verb sense
1. purple
become purple
2. purple, empurple, purpurate
color purple
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