pur

[ pur ]

/ pɜr /

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noun, verb (used with or without object), purred, pur·ring.

an archaic variant of purr.

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How to use pur in a sentence

The tribunals have not yet been sufficiently purs, nor the magistrates sufficiently domestiqus.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906|Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
In all this, I speak of the lower orders, the Corsicans purs et simples.
A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. I (of 2)|Gertrude Forde
I tolde him that a king could do nothing without his treasury, this curtizan was my purs-bearer, my countenance and supporter.
The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton|Thomas Nash
Whan the poller sawe the preste was tourned, he snatched vp the purs, and toke his legges and to go.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown

She did not sing them into her toils, that is, her art was not thrown out any more than when a cat purs at a mouse-hole.
At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts|James McLevy