Pure
[pjʊə] or [pjʊr]
Definition
(adj.) in a state of sexual virginity; 'pure and vestal modesty'; 'a spinster or virgin lady'; 'men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal' .
(adj.) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; 'pure science' .
(adj.) free from discordant qualities .
(adj.) (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; 'I felt pure and sweet as a new baby'- Sylvia Plath; 'pure as the driven snow' .
(adj.) free of extraneous elements of any kind; 'pure air and water'; 'pure gold'; 'pure primary colors'; 'the violin's pure and lovely song'; 'pure tones'; 'pure oxygen' .
Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
(superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
(superl.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
(superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Typed by Agatha
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.[2]. Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.[3]. Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.[4]. Modest, chaste.[5]. Mere, absolute, sheer.[6]. Classic, classical, Attic.
Checker: Nellie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clear, unmixed, simple, genuine, sheer, mere, absolute, unadulterated,uncorrupted, unsullied, unblemished, chaste, real, clean, spotless, immaculate,undefiled, unspotted, guileless, innocent, guiltless
ANT:Foul, turbid, impure, adulterated, corrupt, sullied, stained, tarnished,defiled, mixed, guilty
Checked by Jo
Definition
adj. (comp. Pur′er; superl. Pur′est) clean: unsoiled: unmixed: not adulterated: real: free from guilt or defilement: chaste: modest: mere: that and that only: complete: non-empirical involving an exercise of mind alone without admixture of the results of experience.—n. purity.—adv. quite: (obs.) entirely.—v.t. to cleanse refine.—adv. Pure′ly without blemish: wholly entirely: (dial.) wonderfully very much.—n. Pure′ness.—Pure mathematics (see Mathematics); Pure reason reason alone without any mixture of sensibility; Pure science the principles of any science considered in themselves and their relation to each other and not in their application to the investigation of other branches of knowledge as pure mathematics pure logic &c.
Typist: Rowland
Examples
- The pure nitrogen then can be pumped into the fixation ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And besides, look at elder-flowers and bluebells--they are a sign that pure creation takes place--even the butterfly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Add to the solution 7 parts of pure soda, 5 of gum Arabic, and 12 of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- White pearls include pure white and white slightly tinted with pink, blue, green or yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Inasmuch as the nitrogen of liquid air evaporates first, and leaves nearly pure liquid oxygen, it may also be employed as a means for producing and applying oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But why, said she, should it be pure folly? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Surely, surely, said he; a lonely man like me, who has no sistermust be but too glad to find in some woman's heart a sister's pure affection. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was isolated as if there were a vacuum round his heart, or a sheath of pure ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh the ecstasy, the pure, unearthly ecstasy of that moment! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In less than an hour poor Fanny opened her eyes and fixed them on me with a bright smile, expressive of the purest happiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Oh Jesus shoot me Christ shoot me mama mia mama Mia oh purest lovely Mary shoot me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- By the purest chance Blessington was out on each occasion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Out at the center is clear, transparent, unbroken, unflawed, purest blue-white ice, such as you delight to see in your glass on a hot day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And Charley, with another short laugh of the purest glee, made her eyes very round again and looked as serious as became my maid. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That which soaks into the ground is the most valuable because it remains on the earth longest and is the purest. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Dare any soul on earth breathe a word against the sweetest, the purest, the tenderest, the most angelical of young women? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But poetry and art may also be the expression of the highest truth and the purest sentiment. Plato. The Republic.
- Emmy defended her conduct and showed that it was dictated only by the purest religious principles; that a woman once, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We crossed a large court, entered a great door, and stood upon a pavement of purest white marble, deeply worn by footprints. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In this order, the two come up out of Tom-all-Alone's into the broad rays of the sunlight and the purer air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now which is the purer satisfaction--that of eating and drinking, or that of knowledge? Plato. The Republic.
- Did the sun shine on any, who could enjoy its light with purer and more intense bliss? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Far purer, he replied, is the being of that which is concerned with the invariable. Plato. The Republic.
- That he leaves to abler and to purer hands. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You had spoken, before leaving us, of moving into a quieter neighbourhood and purer air, for the sake of Laura's health. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The greater the accumulation of deceit and trouble in the world, the brighter and the purer shone the star of Dora high above the world. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Olefiant gas, made from oil, burns with a brighter and purer light than common coal gas, but it is more costly. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But about the year 1856 it was discovered that dyes in much greater variety and in purer form could be obtained from coal tar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Ralph