purpure

pu. or purp. in heraldic contexts.

From Old French purpure (“purple”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpjʊə/
• IPA^(key): /pɚˈpjʊɹ/

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purpure (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
   • 1997, Brault, Early Blazon

     Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture.

purpure

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour purple.

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purpure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of purpurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of purpurar.