purple
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pur·ple
/ ˈpərpəl/
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n.
a color intermediate between red and blue:
the painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple.
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purple clothing or material.
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(also Tyrian purple)
a crimson dye obtained from some mollusks, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium.
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(the purple)
(in ancient Rome or Byzantium) clothing of this color.
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(in ancient Rome) a position of rank, authority, or privilege:
he was too young to assume the purple.
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(the purple)
the scarlet official dress of a cardinal.
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adj.
of a color intermediate between red and blue:
a faded purple T-shirt.
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v.
become or make purple in color:
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Ed's cheeks purpled. |
[tr.]
the neon was purpling the horizon above the highway.
PHRASES:
born in
(or to) the purple
born into a reigning family or privileged class.DERIVATIVES:
pur·ple·ness
n.
pur·plish
/ ˈpərp(ə)lish/ adj.
pur·ply
/ ˈpərp(ə)lē/ adj.
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Juan Ponce de Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Juan Ponce de Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto...remains unknown about the life of Juan Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer who named Florida...as much as possible, the life of Juan Ponce de Leon" (p. xi). To that end, the author...
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Juan Ponce de Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...remains unknown about the life of Juan Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer who named...much as possible, the life of Juan Ponce de Leon" (p. xi). To that end...Columbus family's rights, Juan Ponce de Leon had to seek new fields to conquer...
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JUAN PONCE DE LEON LANDING PARK GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/15/2007; 311 words
; ...Commerce, will host a groundbreaking ceremony at Juan Ponce de Leon Landing Park on Saturday, February 24 at 2 p.m...will precede the construction of a bronze statue of Juan Ponce de Leon, a granite wall and flag poles. The park is located...
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Whiting, Jim & Kimberly Garcia. Hernando de Soto.(and 'Juan Ponce de Leon')(Book Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: School Library Journal; 6/1/2003; ; 520 words
; ...ISBN 1-58415-147-1. LC 2002022142. --. Juan Ponce de Leon. photos. ISBN 1-58415-149-8. LC 2002022143...appointment as the governor of Cuba. Whiting documents Ponce de Leon's life beginning with the explorer's voyage on...
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Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish.(Samuel De Champlain)(Vasco Nunez De Balboa)(Juan Ponce De Leon)(Zebulon Pike)(Vasco De Gama)(Francisco Pizarro)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 5/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Steven Otfinoski's Vasco Nunez De Balboa (0761416099) details the discoveries of the Pacific region explorer, his Juan Ponce De Leon (0761416102) tells of the discoverer of Florida, Patricia Calvert's Zebulon Pike (0761416129) outlines the...
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Ponce de Leon and the foundation of youth: why did Ponce de Leon sail the Caribbean Sea looking for the mysterious Fountain of Youth? What did he find instead?(American History Play)(Play)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Characters Narrators A-E Juan Ponce de Leon (PAWNT-suh day lay-OWN...Cadiz, Spain, 1492 Narrator A: Juan Ponce de Leon was born into nobility, but...voyage of Christopher Columbus? Juan Ponce de Leon: I know that Columbus went looking...
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Time to be old? Tell it to Ponce de Leon!'.(The Providence Journal)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...example, an adventurer named Juan Ponce, born about 1460, in...Servas, near the city of Leon, in northwestern Spain...in 1493. In 1509, Juan Ponce was named commander of...was eventually pacified, Juan Ponce de Leon was declared its first...
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Gulf Dream; There's no fountain of youth near Tampa, yet Ponce de Leon returned. Here's why.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...1513, inspired by a mere rumor, Juan Ponce de Leon of Spain set out in search of...out we were literally tracking Ponce de Leon. From our beachfront campsite...magnificent county-run park. Though Ponce de Leon and his men were attacked and...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Pearl of the South; Ponce is the perfect place to begin an exploration of Puerto Rico's southern coast.(Travel-Books)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...boat ride takes us as far from San Juan stress as a Puerto Rico visitor...direct flights from New York to Ponce, Puerto Rico's third largest...southern coast. Founded in 1692 by Juan Ponce de Leon's great-grandson, Ponce's...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Indians, settlers left buried treasures in Florida's Leon County.
Newspaper article from: Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 10/20/2003; 700+ words
; ...least 1,300 archaeological sites in Leon County. No one knows for sure how...capital. But Spanish explorers - Juan Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto among them...they. There are very few places in Leon County that have not yielded one...
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Juan Ponce de León
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Ponce de Le ó n (1903); Frederick A. Ober, Juan Ponce de Le ó n (1908); and Edward W. Lawson, The Discovery of Florida and Its Discoverer, Juan Ponce de Leon (1946). Excellent accounts of his career are in...
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The Western Invasion: Early Spanish Expeditions to North America, 1513–1562
Book article from: American Eras
...century centered on La Florida. Conquistadores such as Juan Ponce de Le ó n and Panfilo de Narv á ez...object of Spanish colonization efforts. Early Efforts. Juan Ponce de Leon led the first Spanish expedition to Florida in 1513...
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Gulf Stream
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...200 kilometres (125 mls.) in diameter. The first person to describe the Gulf Stream was a Spanish navigator , Juan Ponce de Leon, and Benjamin Franklin was the first to map it by collating temperature data and the time taken by sailing ships...
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...Caicos Islands may have been the site of Columbus' landfall on his first voyage in 1492. Traditionally, however, Juan Ponce de Leon gets the credit for the European discovery of the islands in 1512. The islands then served as a hideout for pirates...
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Harmon, Daniel E(lton) 1949-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Harmon) More Clean Jokes for Kids, Barbour Publishers (Uhrichsville, OH), 1999. (Under name Dan Harmon) Juan Ponce de Leon and the Search for the Fountain of Youth, Chelsea House Publishers (Philadelphia, PA), 2000. Nigeria: 1880...
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