prime vs purple

prime

verb
  • To apply a coat of primer paint to. 

  • To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge). 

  • To mark with a prime mark. 

  • To prepare a mechanism for its main work. 

  • To serve as priming for the charge of a gun. 

  • To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed. 

  • To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach. 

adj
  • First in time, order, or sequence. 

  • Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals. 

  • First in excellence, quality, or value. 

  • Early; blooming; being in the first stage. 

  • Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands. 

  • Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). 

  • First in importance, degree, or rank. 

  • Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol. 

noun
  • An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system. 

  • Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing. 

  • A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker. 

  • The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations. 

  • The religious service appointed to this hour. 

  • The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period. 

  • A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number. 

  • A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade. 

  • The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height. 

  • The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. 

  • The chief or best individual or part. 

  • The first note or tone of a musical scale. 

  • An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. 

purple

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

adj
  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

noun
  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

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