*pure*

v. t. [ F. dépurer. See Depurate. ] To depurate; to purify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Fine Arts) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See Pure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. “Impure desires.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To defile; to pollute. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impure manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Purer superl. Purest. ] [ 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&unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pure fetters on his shins great. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. “Keep thyself pure.” 1 Tim. v. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. 1 Tim. i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. Lev. xxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Purified; refined. [ Obs. ] “Bread of pured wheat.” “Pured gold.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and then blending it or rubbing it through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖v. t. [ F. ] To grind or blend into a paste with the solids finely divided; to make into a puree. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Nicely; prettily. [ Archaic ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. purpura purple. See Purple. ] (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a purple color; purple. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. [ See Trap to dress. ] Trappings for a horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not pure; impure. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*pure"ly, adv. -- Un*pure"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]