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pure: Meaning and Definition of
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pure
Pronunciation:
(pyoor),
[key]
— 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.
homozygous.
containing only one characteristic for a trait.
monophthongal.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
pure
(Thesaurus)
Purdy
pureblood
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