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Definition pure
Etymology 1
From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin p?rus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pew-, *pu- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hl?tor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English sc?re and Old Norse sk?r), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English sc?r), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English sm?te; compare Old English m?re (“pure”)).
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.
Adverb
pure (not comparable)
- (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Noun
pure (countable and uncountable, plural pures)
- (obsolete, colloquial, euphemistic, sometimes pluralized) Feces, especially dog feces gathered in pre-20th-century England for use in the tanning of leather.
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.
Etymology 2
Noun
pure (uncountable)
- Alternative form of puer
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