Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 150
Purple (n.) (Zool.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
Purple (n.) pl. (Med.) See Purpura.
Purple (n.) pl. A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like.
French purple. (Chem.) Same as Cudbear.
Purple of Cassius. See Cassius.
Purple of mollusca (Zool.), A coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex.
To be born in the purple, To be of princely birth; to be highborn.
Purple (a.) 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.
Purple (a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
Hide in the dust thy purple pride. -- Shelley.
Purple (a.) Blood-red; bloody.
May such purple tears be alway shed. -- Shak.
I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. -- Dryden.
Purple bird (Zool.), The European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.
Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
Purple grackle (Zool.), The crow blackbird. See under Crow.
Purple martin. See under Martin.
Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
Purple shell. See Ianthina.
Purpled (imp. & p. p.) of Purple.
Purpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purple.
Purple (v. t.) 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.
Purple (a.) Of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn: purple, violet, purplish].
Purple (a.) Excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn: empurpled, over-embellished, purple].
Purple (a.) Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal].
Purple (n.) A purple color or pigment [syn: purple, purpleness].
Purple (n.) Of imperial status; "he was born to the purple."
Purple (v.) Become purple.
Purple (v.) Color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate].
Purpleheart (n.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
Purplewood (n.) Same as Purpleheart.
Purplish (a.) 帶紫色的 Somewhat purple. -- Boyle.
Purplish (a.) Of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn: purple, violet, purplish].
Purport (n.) （文章等的）意義，涵義，主旨 [the S] [（+of）]； 目的，意圖 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.
Purport (n.) Disguise; covering. [Obs.]
For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. -- Spenser.
Purported (imp. & p. p.) of Purport.
Purporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purport.
Purport (v. t.) 意指，大意是；表明 [+that]；聲稱，號稱 [Y] [+to-v]；意圖，意欲 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.
Purport (n.) The intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit].
Purport (n.) The pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" [syn: drift, purport].
Purport (v.) Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion."
Purport (v.) Propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose].
Purport, () pleading. This word means the substance of a writing, as it appears on the face of it, to the eye that reads it; it differs from tenor. (q.v.), 2 Russ. on Cr. 365; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 235; 1 East, R. 179, and the cases in the notes.
Purportedly (adv.) Believed or reputed to be the case [syn: purportedly, supposedly].
Purportless (a.) Without purport or meaning.
Purposed (imp. & p. p.) of Purpose.
Purposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purpose.
Purpose (v. t.) To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
Purpose (v. t.) To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. -- Chaucer.
Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. -- Macaulay.
Purpose (n.) 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.
Purpose (n.) Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Purpose (n.) 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.
Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Purpose (n.) An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design].
Purpose (n.) What something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use].
Purpose (n.) The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: determination, purpose].
Purpose (v.) Propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose].
Purpose (v.) Reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: purpose, resolve].
Purposedly (adv.) In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.
A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.
Purposeful (a.) Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." -- Tylor. -- Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
Compare: Meaningful
Meaningful (a.) Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless. [Narrower terms: comprehensible, understandable; indicative, significative, suggestive ; {meaty, substantive ; purposeful] Also See: purposeful, significant, important.
Purposeful (a.) Serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal [ant: purposeless].
Purposeful (a.) Having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life."
Purposeless (a.) Having no purpose or result; objectless. -- Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
Purposeless (a.) Not evidencing any purpose or goal [ant: purposeful]
Purposeless (a.) Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted].
Purposely (adv.) With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.
In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. -- Atterbury.
So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. -- Pope.
Purposely (adv.) With intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: accidentally, by chance,
circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally].
Purposer (n.) One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. [Obs.]
Purposer (n.) One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
Purposive (a.) Having or indicating purpose or design. "Purposive characters." -- Bastian.
Purposive modification of structure in a bone. -- Owen.
It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these. -- Huxley.
Purposive (a.) Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior."
Purposive (a.) Having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: goal-directed, purposive].
Purpre (n. & a.) Purple. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Purpresture (n.) (Law) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. [Written also pourpresture.]
Purpresture. () According to Lord Coke, purpresture, is a close or enclosure, that is, when one encroaches or makes several to himself that which ought to be in common to many; as if an individual were to build between high and low water-mark on the side of a public river. In England this is a nuisance; and in cases of this kind an injunction will be granted, on ex parte affidavits, to restrain such a purpresture and nuisance. 2 Bouv. Inst. n, 2382; 4 Id. n. 3798; 2 Inst. 28; and see Skene, verbo Pourpresture; Glanville, lib. 9, ch. 11, p. 239, note Spelm. Gloss. Purpresture Hale, de Port. Mar.; Harg. Law Tracts, 84; 2 Anstr. 606; Cal. on Sew. 174 Redes. Tr. 117.
Purprise (n.) A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor. -- Bacon.
Purpura (n.) (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples. -- Dunglison.
Purpura (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.
Purpura (n.) Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding [syn: purpura, peliosis].
Purpurate (a.) Of or pertaining to purpura.
Purpurate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of purpuric acid.
Purpurate (v.) Color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate].
Purpure (n.) (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
Purpureal (a.) Of a purple color; purple.
Purpureo- () A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.
Purpuric (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura. -- Dunglison.
Purpuric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.
Note: Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan.
See Murexan.
Purpurin (n.) (Chem.) A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.
Purpuriparous (a.) (Biol.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
Purpurogenous (a.) (Biol.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual.
Compare: Pur
Pur (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Purred; p. pr. & vb. n. Purring.] To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also purr.]
Pur (n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure. [Written also purr.]
Purr (n.) The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.
Purr (v. i. & t.) To murmur as a cat. See Pur.
Purr (n.) A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
Purr (v.) Make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr].
Purr (v.) Indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats [syn: purr, make vibrant sounds].
Purre (n.) (Zool.) The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Purree (n.) (Chem.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.
Compare: Euxanthin
Euxanthin (n.) (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
Compare: Puddock
Puddock (n.) A small inclosure. [Written also purrock.] [Prov. Eng.]
Purrock (n.) See Puddock, and Parrock.
Purse
(n.) 錢包；（女用）手提包 [C]；（錢包形的）小袋，小包 [C] A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw
together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for
money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --
Chaucer.
Who steals my purse steals trash. -- Shak.
Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
Purse (n.) A specific sum of money; as:
Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
Light purse, or Empty purse, Poverty or want of resources.
Long purse, or Heavy purse, Wealth; riches.
Purse crab (Zool.), Any land crab of the genus Birgus, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also palm crab.
Purse net, A fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. -- Mortimer.
Purse pride, Pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. -- Bp. Hall.
Purse rat (Zool.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket.
Sword and purse, The military power and financial resources of a nation.
Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.]
I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. -- Beau. & Fl.
Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purse.
Pursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purse.
Purse (v. t.) 縮攏；皺起；噘起 [（+up）] To put into a purse.
I will go and purse the ducats straight. -- Shak.
Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow. -- Shak.
Purse (n.) A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" [syn: {bag}, {handbag}, {pocketbook}, {purse}].
Purse (n.) A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse."
Purse (n.) A small bag for carrying money.
Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses."
Purse (v.) Contract one's lips into a rounded shape.
Purse (v.) Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" [syn: {purse}, {wrinkle}].
Purse (1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Luke 10:4; 22:35, 36).
Purse (2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Matt. 10:9; Mark 6:8), a money-belt. As to our Lord's sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this "there was no departure from the simple manners of the country. At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw himself on the hospitality of any village." Thomson's Land and the Book. (See SCRIP.)
Purse. () In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t.
Pursefuls (n. pl. ) of Purseful.
Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse.
Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Purse-proud (a.) Proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction).
Purser (n.) (Naut.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
Purser's name (Naut.), A false name. [Slang]
Purser (n.) An officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare.
Pursership (n.) The office of purser.
Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Pursiness (n.) State of being pursy.
Pursive (a.) Pursy.
Pursiveness (n.) Pursiness.
Purslain (n.) Same as Purslane.
Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted.
Pursual (n.) The act of pursuit.
Pursuance (n.) The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
Pursuance (n.) The state of being pursuant; consequence.
Pursuant (a.) Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.
Pursuant (adv.) Alt. of Pursuantly.
Pursuantly (adv.) Agreeably; conformably.
Pursued (imp. & p. p.) of Pursue.
Pursuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pursue.
Pursue (v. t.) 追趕；追蹤；追捕；（疾病等）糾纏；跟隨 To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
Pursue (v. t.) To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
Pursue (v. t.) To follow as an example; to imitate.
Pursue (v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
Pursue (v. i.) 追趕 [（+after）]；繼續進行 To go in pursuit; to follow.
Pursue (v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
Pursue (v.) [ T ] (Follow) 追趕；追捕；追擊 To follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it.
// The car was pursued by helicopters.
// The hunters spent hours pursuing their prey.
// He was killed by the driver of a stolen car who was being hotly pursued by the police.
Pursue (v.) [ T ] (Try to get) 力勸（某人）接受聘用 To try very hard to persuade someone to accept a job.
// The company has been pursuing Holton for some time, but so far he has rejected all their offers.
Pursue (v.) [ T ] (Try to get) 追問，追查，追究 To try to discover information about a subject.
// We will not be pursuing this matter any further.
// The police are currently pursuing several lines of inquiry into the case.
// I don't think this idea is worth pursuing any further.
// The press has pursued this story relentlessly.
Pursue (v.) [ T ] (Try to get) 追求（某人） To try very hard to persuade someone to have a relationship with you.
// He's been pursuing her for months and yet she's so clearly not interested.
Pursue (v.) [ T ] (Try to do) (C1) 追求，從事，實行 If you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time.
// He decided to pursue a career in television.
// We need to decide soon what marketing strategy we should pursue for these new products.
// Michael Evans is leaving the company to pursue his own business interests.
// She is ruthless in pursuing her goals.
Pursuer (n.) [C] 追趕者；追捕者；追求者；從事者；研究者 One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.
Pursuer (n.) 【蘇格蘭】起訴者；原告 A plaintiff; a prosecutor.
Pursuit (n.) 追蹤，追擊 [U] [（+of）]；追求，尋求 [U] [（+of）]；繼續進行，從事 [U]；事務；職業；消遣 [C] The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. -- Clarendon.
Pursuit (n.) A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.
Pursuit (n.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.