Index of English words, starting with "pu"

(1) - Purple (v. t.) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
(2) - Purple (a.) Blood-red; bloody.
(3) - Purple (a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
(4) - 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.
(5) - Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
(6) - Purple (n.) See Purpura.
(7) - Purple (n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
(8) - Purple (n.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
(9) - Purple (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
(10) - Purple (n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
(11) - Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
(12) - Purple (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

(1) - Purplish (a.) Somewhat purple.

(1) - Purport (n.) To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
(2) - Purport (n.) Disguise; covering.
(3) - Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

(1) - Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
(2) - 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.
(3) - Purpose (v. t.) To set forth; to bring forward.
(4) - Purpose (n.) Instance; example.
(5) - Purpose (n.) Proposal to another; discourse.
(6) - 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.