Cardinal de Tencin

had been recommended to the purple by the Chevalier de St. George. Smollett, Hist. Eng., ii. 8. 5t. A gastropod yielding a purple fluid for dyeing, as a murex. Holland, tr. of Pliny.-6. A shell of the genus Purpura .-7. A purple purple-egg (per'pl-eg), n . A common sea-urfrom the the shape and tint of the test. purple-fish (per'pl-fish), n . A shell-fish of the genus Purpura or some allied genus. purple-gra t (per'pl-gras), n. A cultivated variety of the common red clover, Trifolium pratense , with dark-brown or purplish foliage. Also purple wort , Britten and Holland , Eng. Plant Names. purple-heart (pėrʻpl-härt), n . The heart-wood of Copaifera Martii , var. pubiflora , and of C. poser , var. of proposer , propose: see propose , of which purpose is a doublet. The verb should prop. be accented on the last syllable (as in propose , compose , etc.), but it has conformed to the noun, which is wholly from the L. (see purpose , n .), whereas the verb (OF. purposer ) is partly of different origin (see pose2 ).] I. trans . 1. To propose; intend; design; mean: generally with an infinitive. And alle the disciplis purposiden after that ech hadde for to sende in to mynysterie to britheren that dwelliden in Indee. Wyclif , Acts xi. 29. I have po e 'd your grace of what I purpose . Shak ., M. of V., iv. 1. 35. He sav'd my life, though he purpos'd to destroy me. Fletcher , Wife for a Month, v. 3. purpose The ship a naked helple hull is left; Forc'd round and round, she quits her purpos'd way, And bounds uncertain o'er the swelling sea. Rowe , tr. of Lucan's Pharsalia, ix. 2. To resolve; determine, or determine on. Because you look not to hear of your well-doing of man, I am purposed to pa it over with silence. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 52. Reg . For his particular, I'll receive him gladly, But not one follower. Gon. So am I purposed . Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 296. II. in trans. 1. To have intention or design; intend; mean. =Syn. 1. To mean, meditate. Upon my soul, You may believe him; nor did he e'er purpose To me but nobly. 6t. Discourse; conversation. For she in pleasaunt purpose did abound, And greatly joyed merry tales to faine. 71. Instance; example.