pure
Cross references:
1. chaste
pure \'pyu.(*)r\ aj [ME pur, fr. OF, fr. L purus; akin to Skt puna-ti he
clean]ses, MIr u-r fresh, green 1a1: unmixed with any other matter {~ gold}
1a2: free from dust, dirt, or taint {~ food} 1a3: SPOTLESS, STAINLESS
1b: free from harshness or roughness {~ tone} of a vowel 1c:
characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utte
rance 2a: SHEER, UNALLOYED {~ folly} 2b1: ABSTRACT, THEORETICAL 2b2: a
priori {~ mechanics} 2c: not directed toward exposition of reality or
solution of practical pro blems {~ literature}; esp : being nonobjective
and to be appraised on formal and technical qualities only {~ form} 3a1:
free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes 3a2: containing nothing that
does not properly belong 3b: free from moral fault or guilt 3c: marked by
chastity : CONTINENT 3d1: of pure blood and unmixed ancestry 3d2:
homozygous in and breeding true for one or more characters 3e: ritually
clean - pure.ness n