take the purple (English, verb)
expansion: take the purple (third-person singular simple present takes the purple, present participle taking the purple, simple past took the purple, past participle taken the purple)
Senses:
glosses: To ascend to the rank of an emperor.
tags: Roman-Empire
historical
Forms:
form: takes the purple
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking the purple
tags: participle
present
form: took the purple
tags: past
form: taken the purple
tags: participle
past