*pura*

a. [ LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus clean, pure. Cf. Depure. ] Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depurated p. pr. & vb. n. Depurating ] To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depurate the mass of blood. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dépuration. ] The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dépuratif. ] (Med.) Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory. -- n. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, cleanses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dépuratoire. ] Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. e out, quite + purare to purify, purus pure. ] Purification. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; tail. ] (Anat.) Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Defilement; obscuration. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. purā&unr_;, properly. old, ancient, fr. purā formerly. ] One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Puranas. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., purple, purple fish: cf. F. purpura. See Purple. ] 1. (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to purpura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of purpuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A suppurative. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Suppurated p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating. ] [ L. suppuratus, p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus. ] To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration. ] 1. The act or process of suppurating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A suppurative medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]