bepurple

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verb

To tinge or dye with a purple color.

OriginEnglish purple ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be- →
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Meanings

verbbepurple (third-person singular simple present bepurples, present participle bepurpling, simple past and past participle bepurpled)

present singular third person bepurples · participle present bepurpling · participle past bepurpled · past bepurpled

  1. To tinge or dye with a purple color.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishpurple
  12. Englishbepurple

From be- + purple.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bepurple

purpleblurplecurplehirplehurplepurple nurpleunpurple
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Cite this entry
APA

bepurple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepurple

MLA

“bepurple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepurple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bepurple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepurple.

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