pour pre sture

[O. Fr. pourprendre = to seize, to surround; pourprisure =an inclosure.] Law : A wrongful inclosure of, or encroachment on, the property of another. -ite.] pour-prite, s . [Fr. pourpr ( e ) = purple; suffix Chem.: A dark-red coloring matter contained in the sediment of old wines. It is insoluble in water and in ether, soluble in 150 parts of alcohol of 80 per cent., le soluble in absolute alcohol, but very soluble in strong sulphuric acid, from which it is precipitated on the addition of water.