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.
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.
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.
To clothe in purple.
To dye purple.
To turn purple in colour.
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.
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.