the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
See empurple.
Word Usage
"On the water, meanwhile, the last White Lilies are sinking beneath the surface, the last gay Pickerel-Weed is gone, though the rootless plants of the delicate Bladder-Wort, spreading over acres of shallows, still impurple the wide, smooth surface."