Pure definition
Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
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Free from sin or guilt; blameless.
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Free from defects; perfect; faultless.
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Restricted to the abstract or theoretical aspects.
Pure physics.
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Complete; utter.
Pure folly.
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(genetics) Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous.
A pure line.
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(music) Free from discordant qualities.
Pure tones.
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The definition of pure is something that is not mixed with any other elements, that is not contaminated in any way or a person who has no sins or who is wholesome.
An example of pure is what that has not been mixed with anything else.
An example of pure is a nun who is moral and virtuous.
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Theoretical; not applied.
Pure science.
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(philosophy) Free of empirical elements.
Pure reason.
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Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed.
Pure oxygen.
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Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements.
Pure water.
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Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous.
A pure style of piano playing.
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Having no moral failing or guilt.
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Chaste; virgin.
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(bible) Ceremonially undefiled.
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(phonet.) Articulated without any change in quality and with virtually no movement of the vocal organs; monophthongal.
(e) Is a pure vowel.
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Free from any adulterant; unmixed.
Pure maple syrup.
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Free from anything that taints, impairs, infects, etc.; clear.
Pure water or air.
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Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
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Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- I. Watts.A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
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Of a branch of science, done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
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Simple; mere.
Pure luck.
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(linguistics) Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal.
A pure vowel.
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Utter; absolute; sheer.
Pure lunacy.
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Virgin or chaste.
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Of unmixed stock; purebred.
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Origin of pure
- Middle English pur from Old French from Latin pūrus peuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English pur, from Old French pur, from Latin purus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain"), from Proto-Indo-European *peu-, *pu- (“to cleanse, purify"). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere") (from Old English hlÅ«tor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear") (from Old English scÇ£re and Old Norse skÇ£r), Middle English schir (“clear, pure") (from Old English scÄ«r), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined") (from Old English smÇ£te; compare Old English mÇ£re (“pure")).
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