PURE

pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous

(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity; “pure and vestal modesty”; “a spinster or virgin lady”; “men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal”

saturated, pure

(adjective) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

pure

(adjective) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; “pure science”

pure

(adjective) free from discordant qualities

complete, arrant(a), consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; “an arrant fool”; “a complete coward”; “a consummate fool”; “a double-dyed villain”; “gross negligence”; “a perfect idiot”; “pure folly”; “what a sodding mess”; “stark staring mad”; “a thorough nuisance”; “a thoroughgoing villain”; “utter nonsense”; “the unadulterated truth”

pure

(adjective) (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; “I felt pure and sweet as a new baby”- Sylvia Plath; “pure as the driven snow”

pure

(adjective) free of extraneous elements of any kind; “pure air and water”; “pure gold”; “pure primary colors”; “the violin’s pure and lovely song”; “pure tones”; “pure oxygen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

pure (comparative purer or more pure, superlative purest or most pure)

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

Free of foreign material or pollutants.

Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

Mere; that and that only.

(of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

(phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

(of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.

Synonyms

• (free of flaws): see pure

• (free of foreign material): see raw

• (free of immoral behavior): innocent

Antonyms

• (free of flaws): dirty, flawed, impure

• (free of foreign material): contaminated, impure

• (free of immoral behavior): corrupt, guilty, sinful

• (done for its own sake): applied

Adverb

pure (not comparable)

(Liverpool, Scottish) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

Verb

pure (third-person singular simple present pures, present participle puring, simple past and past participle pured)

(golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately

(transitive, obsolete) To cleanse; to refine.

Noun

pure (countable and uncountable, plural pures)

One who, or that which, is pure.

Etymology 2

Noun

pure (uncountable)

Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”)

Anagrams

• Peru, Pre-U, Prue, Pu'er, Rupe, pu'er, puer, re-up, reup

Source: Wiktionary

Pure, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] Etym: [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. p to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]

1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. The pure fetters on his shins great. Chaucer. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. I. Watts.

2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. "Keep thyself pure." 1 Tim. v. 22. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. 1 Tim. i. 5.

3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." Tickell. "The pure, fine talk of Rome." Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. Macaulay.

4. (Script.)

Definition: Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. Lev. xxiv. 6.

5. (Phonetics)

Definition: Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans." Fuller.

– Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.

– Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.

– Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to applied mathematics, which treats of the application of the principles to the investigation of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See Mathematics. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. Blackstone.

Syn.

– Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine; unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished; unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless; incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate; innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

PURE

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