--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 75 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 75 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A puppet is a toy figure of a person or animal that you move with your hand, strings or sticks to act out a show.[↗](../../puppet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person or group controlled by someone else, who does what they are told.[↗](../../puppet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made sock puppets in art.[↗](../../puppet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppet show was very funny.[↗](../../puppet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio was a wooden puppet.[↗](../../puppet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She moved the puppet's mouth with her hand.[↗](../../puppet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shadow puppets make shapes on the wall.[↗](../../puppet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The string puppet danced across the stage.[↗](../../puppet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was only a puppet of the rich lords.[↗](../../puppet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppet which plays so important a part in this story is worthy of a special examination.[↗](../../puppet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **puppy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A puppy is a young dog.[↗](../../puppy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Puppy fat» is soft fat some children have that goes away as they grow.[↗](../../puppy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Puppy love» is a young person's first, sweet love.[↗](../../puppy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog had 6 puppies.[↗](../../puppy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave away 2 puppies.[↗](../../puppy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each puppy eats 3 cups a day.[↗](../../puppy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many puppies are left?[↗](../../puppy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A puppy has 4 legs.[↗](../../puppy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy chews everything, even my shoes\![↗](../../puppy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A puppy needs food, water, walks and love.[↗](../../puppy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave me puppy dog eyes to get a biscuit.[↗](../../puppy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In the house there are three puppies.[↗](../../puppy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pur** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Persian word meaning a lot, which is a token or stone drawn to decide something by chance.[↗](../../pur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.[↗](../../pur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast pur, that is, the lot, to discomfit them, and to destroy them; (Writings EST.9.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **purchasable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Able to be bought.[↗](../../purchasable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Tickets are purchasable online.[↗](../../purchasable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Available for sale.[↗](../../purchasable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tickets are purchasable at the door.[↗](../../purchasable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Extra coins are purchasable in the game — ask a grown-up first.[↗](../../purchasable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Not every item in the museum shop is purchasable.[↗](../../purchasable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · With $10, which of these items are purchasable?[↗](../../purchasable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lunch is purchasable from the canteen.[↗](../../purchasable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds are purchasable at the garden centre.[↗](../../purchasable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **purchase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To buy something.[↗](../../purchase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Something you have bought.[↗](../../purchase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The act of buying.[↗](../../purchase/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A firm hold or grip: «my feet couldn't get a purchase on the ice».[↗](../../purchase/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad purchased new school shoes for me.[↗](../../purchase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the receipt as proof of purchase.[↗](../../purchase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a parent before any in-app purchase.[↗](../../purchase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She purchased 3 pens at $2 each, so she spent $6.[↗](../../purchase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our best purchase was the tent.[↗](../../purchase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My boots couldn't get a purchase on the ice.[↗](../../purchase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Later, another neighbor purchased him and allowed his feathers to grow again.[↗](../../purchase/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'[↗](../../purchase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purchase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.[↗](../../purchase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purchase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.[↗](../../purchase/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purchase/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying: (Prophets JER.32.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purchase/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (Prophets JER.32.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purchase/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **purchaser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A person or company that buys something; a buyer.[↗](../../purchaser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The purchaser must pay within 30 days.[↗](../../purchaser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each purchaser gets a free gift.[↗](../../purchaser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house found a purchaser quickly.[↗](../../purchaser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The purchaser paid 20 pounds for a 15-pound book and got 5 pounds change.[↗](../../purchaser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The purchaser can return the item if it is broken.[↗](../../purchaser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 50 purchasers bought tickets online.[↗](../../purchaser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He couldn't supply goods fast enough; purchasers carried off everything in a twinkling.[↗](../../purchaser/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pure means not mixed with anything else.[↗](../../pure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pure means clean and without dirt, germs or harmful things.[↗](../../pure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pure can mean complete or total, as in pure luck.[↗](../../pure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Pure means good and without bad thoughts or wrongdoing.[↗](../../pure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This juice is pure orange, with no sugar added.[↗](../../pure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pure gold is soft and shiny.[↗](../../pure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mountain air is clean and pure.[↗](../../pure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was pure luck that we found the key.[↗](../../pure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby laughed with pure joy.[↗](../../pure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seawater is not pure; it has salt in it.[↗](../../pure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Filtering muddy water makes it purer, but still not safe to drink.[↗](../../pure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../pure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It's pure charity that she is here at all.[↗](../../pure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.[↗](../../pure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.[↗](../../pure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.[↗](../../pure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall a man be pure before his Maker?[↗](../../pure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?[↗](../../pure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.[↗](../../pure/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pure/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **purely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Only, simply, for no other reason: «I did it purely for fun.».[↗](../../purely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Completely, entirely: «a purely made-up story».[↗](../../purely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a clean, pure way, without anything mixed in.[↗](../../purely/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We met purely by chance at the park.[↗](../../purely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I joined the choir purely for fun.[↗](../../purely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was purely an accident, I didn't mean to break it.[↗](../../purely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is purely made up.[↗](../../purely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water was purely clean after boiling and filtering.[↗](../../purely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She trained purely and simply because she loved running.[↗](../../purely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And this was purely spite, for there was plenty of milk for everybody.[↗](../../purely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pureness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being clean, clear or free from wrong.[↗](../../pureness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He that loveth pureness of heart, that hath grace in his lips, the king shall be his friend.[↗](../../pureness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pureness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **purge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To get rid of people, things or ideas that are not wanted, often harshly: «The ruler purged his enemies from the army.».[↗](../../purge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) A purge: a time when a government or leader removes or punishes lots of people, sometimes killing them, as in the purges under Stalin.[↗](../../purge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To clean out completely: «purge the pipes», «purge old files from the computer».[↗](../../purge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (church) To make free from sin or guilt; to cleanse the soul.[↗](../../purge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (old, medicine) To empty the bowels with strong medicine.[↗](../../purge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the 1930s Stalin's purges killed and imprisoned huge numbers of people.[↗](../../purge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I purged all the old photos from my tablet.[↗](../../purge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber purged the air from the radiators.[↗](../../purge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new king purged the palace of his brother's friends.[↗](../../purge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the hero tried to purge his guilt by helping others.[↗](../../purge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum had a big purge of the toy cupboard.[↗](../../purge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mansion, who has purged it of many errors without detracting from its old-fashioned quality.[↗](../../purge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.[↗](../../purge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.34.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.[↗](../../purge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.51.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy; (Prophets ISA.1.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **purification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making something clean and pure by removing dirt or harmful things: «water purification».[↗](../../purification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church, religion) Making a person or place spiritually clean, often with a ceremony; for example, the Bible's laws of purification, or washing before prayer in many faiths.[↗](../../purification/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Separating a pure substance from a mixture.[↗](../../purification/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water purification removes germs so the water is safe to drink.[↗](../../purification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hikers carry purification tablets for stream water.[↗](../../purification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory has an air purification system.[↗](../../purification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Candlemas is also called the Feast of the Purification.[↗](../../purification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims wash in a set way for purification before prayer.[↗](../../purification/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about purification by filtering muddy water in science.[↗](../../purification/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the purification from sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel.[↗](../../purification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of purification threescore and six days.[↗](../../purification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.12.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.[↗](../../purification/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.[↗](../../purification/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.13.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · every one that setteth his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification that pertaineth to holy things.'[↗](../../purification/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.30.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.[↗](../../purification/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.12.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purification/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **purifier** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who cleans metal or people by removing what is impure.[↗](../../purifier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.[↗](../../purifier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purifier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **purify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something pure by removing dirt, germs or harmful things: «Boil the water to purify it.».[↗](../../purify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion, church) To make someone spiritually clean, free from sin or guilt: «Christians believe God can purify people's hearts.».[↗](../../purify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) To separate a substance from a mixture so it is pure.[↗](../../purify/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We purified muddy water with sand and charcoal filters.[↗](../../purify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Boiling water for one minute helps to purify it.[↗](../../purify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants help to purify the air in a room.[↗](../../purify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, people washed to purify themselves before worship.[↗](../../purify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists purified the salt by evaporating the water.[↗](../../purify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tablets purify water from streams.[↗](../../purify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · During this festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal would purify them from sin.[↗](../../purify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify.'[↗](../../purify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; (Torah GEN.35.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And encamp ye without the camp seven days; whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.[↗](../../purify/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.[↗](../../purify/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.[↗](../../purify/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock.[↗](../../purify/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.43.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purify/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **purim** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The Jewish holiday that remembers how Esther and Mordecai saved the Jews of Persia from Haman.[↗](../../purim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.[↗](../../purim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.[↗](../../purim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote down all the acts of power, to confirm this second letter of Purim.[↗](../../purim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **purity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Purity is the state of being clean and free from dirt or anything mixed in.[↗](../../purity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Purity is goodness and innocence, being free from wrong.[↗](../../purity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water from the spring had great purity.[↗](../../purity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gold was tested for purity.[↗](../../purity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl's purity made everyone trust her.[↗](../../purity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum likes the purity of fresh milk.[↗](../../purity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne.[↗](../../purity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../purity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled.[↗](../../purity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **purple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Purple is a colour you get by mixing red and blue, like grapes, plums or violets.[↗](../../purple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Purple was once a colour worn by kings and queens, because the dye was very costly.[↗](../../purple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 6 purple and 9 yellow balloons.[↗](../../purple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more red beads than purple beads?[↗](../../purple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 14 crayons; 3 are purple.[↗](../../purple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each purple box holds 8 pens.[↗](../../purple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix red and blue paint to make purple.[↗](../../purple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grapes can be green or purple.[↗](../../purple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her favourite colour is purple.[↗](../../purple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Violets are small purple flowers.[↗](../../purple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; (Torah EXO.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.[↗](../../purple/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon.[↗](../../purple/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · She maketh for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple.[↗](../../purple/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.[↗](../../purple/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof.[↗](../../purple/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../purple/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/74/) **75** [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/76/) [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/74/) - next →: [page 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/76/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)