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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definition==
*1 : the quality or state of being '''pure'''
==Pure==
===Etymology===
Middle [[English]] pur, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] purus; akin to Old High German fowen to sift, [[Sanskrit]] punāti he cleanses, Middle Irish úr fresh, new
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]
===Definitions===
*1 a (1) : unmixed with any other [[matter]] <pure gold> (2) : free from dust, dirt, or taint <pure springwater> (3) : spotless, stainless
:b : free from harshness or roughness and [[being]] in [[tune]] —used of a musical tone c of a vowel : characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utterance
*2 a : being thus and no other : sheer, unmitigated <pure folly>
:b (1) : abstract, [[theoretical]] <pure [[research]]> (2) : [[a priori]] <pure [[mechanics]]>
:c : not directed toward exposition of [[reality]] or solution of [[practical]] problems <pure [[literature]]>
:d : being nonobjective and to be appraised on [[formal]] and [[technical]] [[qualities]] only <pure form>
*3 a (1) : free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes (2) : containing nothing that does not properly belong
:b : free from [[moral]] fault or [[guilt]]
:c : marked by chastity : continent
:d (1) : of pure blood and unmixed ancestry (2) : homozygous in and breeding true for one or more characters
:e : ritually clean
*4 : having exactly the talents or [[skills]] needed for a particular role <a pure shooter in basketball>
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definition==
*1 : the quality or state of being '''pure'''
==Pure==
===Etymology===
Middle [[English]] pur, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] purus; akin to Old High German fowen to sift, [[Sanskrit]] punāti he cleanses, Middle Irish úr fresh, new
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]
===Definitions===
*1 a (1) : unmixed with any other [[matter]] <pure gold> (2) : free from dust, dirt, or taint <pure springwater> (3) : spotless, stainless
:b : free from harshness or roughness and [[being]] in [[tune]] —used of a musical tone c of a vowel : characterized by no appreciable alteration of articulation during utterance
*2 a : being thus and no other : sheer, unmitigated <pure folly>
:b (1) : abstract, [[theoretical]] <pure [[research]]> (2) : [[a priori]] <pure [[mechanics]]>
:c : not directed toward exposition of [[reality]] or solution of [[practical]] problems <pure [[literature]]>
:d : being nonobjective and to be appraised on [[formal]] and [[technical]] [[qualities]] only <pure form>
*3 a (1) : free from what vitiates, weakens, or pollutes (2) : containing nothing that does not properly belong
:b : free from [[moral]] fault or [[guilt]]
:c : marked by chastity : continent
:d (1) : of pure blood and unmixed ancestry (2) : homozygous in and breeding true for one or more characters
:e : ritually clean
*4 : having exactly the talents or [[skills]] needed for a particular role <a pure shooter in basketball>
[[Category: General Reference]]
