The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purpurate \Pur"pu*rate\, a. Of or pertaining to purpura. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purpurate \Pur"pu*rate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of purpuric acid. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
purpurate v 1: color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate]