Pure

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·superl Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.

II. Pure ·superl Of a single, simple sound or tone;

— said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

III. Pure ·superl Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste;

— applied to persons.

IV. Pure ·superl Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect;

— applied to things and actions.

V. Pure ·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.

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