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pure



pure (pyo͝or)adj. pur·er, pur·est
1. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
pure oxygen.
2. Free from adulterants or impurities:
pure chocolate.
3. Free of dirt, defilement, or pollution: “A memory without blot or contamination must be... an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment” (Charlotte Brontë).
4. Free of foreign elements.
5. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
a pure literary style.
6. Complete; utter:
pure folly.
7. Having no faults; sinless: “I felt pure and sweet as a new baby” (Sylvia Plath).
8. Chaste; virgin.
9. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
10. Genetics. Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous:
a pure line.
11. Music. Free from discordant qualities:
pure tones.
12. Linguistics. Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal:
a pure vowel.
13. Theoretical:
pure science.
14. Philosophy. Free of empirical elements:
pure reason. [Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin pūrus. See peuə- in Indo-European Roots.] pureʹly adv.pureʹness n. 
Synonyms: pure, absolute, sheer2, simple, unadulterated
These adjectives mean free of extraneous elements: pure gold; absolute oxygen; sheer alcohol; a simple substance; unadulterated coffee.

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