pure

[ pyoor ]

/ pyʊər /

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adjective, pur·er, pur·est.

free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.

unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.

free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek.

clear; free from blemishes: pure skin.

(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.

abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied): pure science.

without any discordant quality; clear and true: pure tones in music.

absolute; utter; sheer: to sing for pure joy.

being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident.

clean, spotless, or unsullied: pure hands.

untainted with evil; innocent: pure in heart.

physically chaste; virgin.

ceremonially or ritually clean.

free of or without guilt; guiltless.

independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge.

Biology, Genetics.

homozygous.
containing only one characteristic for a trait.

Phonetics. monophthongal.

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Origin of pure

1250–1300; Middle English pur<Old French <Latin pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure

SYNONYMS FOR pure

1 unmixed, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, untainted, unstained, undefiled, untarnished, immaculate, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

12 modest, virtuous, undefiled.

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1. See clean.

OTHER WORDS FROM pure

pureness, nounhy·per·pure, adjectivehy·per·pure·ly, adverbhy·per·pure·ness, noun

su·per·pure, adjectiveun·pure, adjectiveun·pure·ly, adverbun·pure·ness, noun

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The stillness of the evening and the pureness of the air made a silent accompaniment to Gerda's beautiful voice.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
The pureness of her blood was more rampant than ever, and I poked my nose into my navigation books and kept quiet.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
Singleness of heart is come; pureness of heart is come; joy and gladness is come.
George Fox|George Fox
And just such affirmations must be made concerning Lincoln's pureness.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee

And then he goes on to what he justly calls "the other great Christian virtue, Pureness."
Matthew Arnold|G. W. E. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for pure

pure

/ (pjʊə) /

adjective

not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etcpure nitrogen

free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesomepure water

free from moral taint or defilementpure love

(prenominal) (intensifier)pure stupidity; a pure coincidence

(of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applicationspure mathematics; pure science Compare applied

(of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal

(of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant

of supposedly unmixed racial descent

genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous

music

(of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
(of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another

Derived forms of pure

pureness, noun

Word Origin for pure

C13: from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus unstained

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Medical definitions for pure

pure

[ pyur ]

adj.

Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed.

Free from adulterants or impurities.

Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous.

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