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    Middle English Dictionary Entry

    pūr(e adj.
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    Formspūr(e adj. Alsopuir(e,puȝr,peure,per(e,poure; comp.purer(e, etc. & (error)perrour; sup.purest, etc. &purost.
    EtymologyOFpur,pure &Lpūrus.

    Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

    1.
    (a) Unadulterated, unmixed with anything, uncontaminated;~ of, cleansed of (dirt); (b) of metals: unalloyed, refined; of fur: all of one color; of wine: clear; also, undiluted; of medicines: undiluted; of blood: uncontaminated; of dialects: unmixed, linguistically pure; (c) of taste: unmixed with other tastes; of light: clear, bright;~ in odour, of unmixed odor; also, pleasant-smelling; (d)med. simple, uncompounded; of flesh: not covered with skin; (e) as noun: a state of cleanliness or refinement;most ~, the cleanest grain.

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    • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1)(NY 12)8b/b:Sewingly comeþ þe flesh, of which bene 3 spicez, s. symple & pure flesh, which litel & only is founden in þe ende of þe ȝerd & atuix þe teþ, [etc.].
    • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1)(NY 12)22b/a:Apostemez bene litel synguler or clene, bot many of þam bene componed, namely verray, ffor many noȝt verray semeþ for to be pure.
    • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1)(NY 12)28b/a:When þer comeþ coleric reume which forsoþ is certaynlich sich, i. pure, & sequestrate, it vlcereþ þe skyn.
    • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1)(NY 12)68a/a:Som beþ pure [Ch.(2): clene], som componed with accidentez of aking & aposteme & hurtyng of þe panniclez.
    • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95(Htrn 95)102a/b:Inundacioun..is founden in a waterie enpostume vnder a manes fingers, and þer wiþ þer is founden a pure extencioun wiþ outen invndacioun.
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    • (a1382)WBible(1)(Bod 959)3 Kings 14.10:I schal clensen þe relikes of þe hous of Jeroboam, as is wont to ben clensyd muc vn to þe pure [WB(2): til to the purete, ether clennesse; L usque ad purum].
    • (a1382)WBible(1)(Bod 959)Is.1.25:I shal sethen out to þe pure [WB(2): cleene; L purum] þi dros.
    • (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/b:Whete hatte triticum, and haþ þat name of tritura, threisshynge oþer tredynge, to haue most pure [L purissimum] in to bernes oþer in to garneres.
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    (a) Excellent, perfect, unblemished, unsullied, faultless, of fine quality; (b) of law, reason, etc.: absolute, strict, without extraneous considerations;~ clergie, higher learning, theology; divine inspiration; (c) clear, intelligible; (d)~ widwehod, the status or state of a widow who has not remarried; (e)~ article, the number 10 or a multiple thereof.

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    • (1448)Doc.in SundbyDial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)256:Ef..the seid Jahne ouer luve the seid Thomas Corbet, then the seid Jahne in hure pure weduhod shal relese..alle hure right and titel.
    • (1466)Will York inSur.Soc.30284:I, Malde Euer, late the wyfe of Sir William Euer..stondyng in my pure wydowhode..maks..my testament.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)147/29:Agnes þe wyfe sumtyme of Iohn perschore..beyng in pure wydewhode..grauntyd..to þe religiouse women..alle here ryȝht..in oon Mese.
    • a1475Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)422/4:Anneys, that was the wyf of Alisaundir Eynysham, in her lawfull power and pure wedowhode, relesed..to the abbesse and couent..all her right..in that place.
    • (1487)Will Uvedale inSAC 3163:I Elizabeth Uvedale, Widowe..being in hoole mynde and in my good memorye and in my pure widowhood make and ordain my will.
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    3.
    (a) Total, complete, unmitigated, absolute, nothing but; of profit: clear;lawin (in-to) ~ almesse, in frankalmoign; (b) of emotions, feelings, necessity, debt, age, etc.: mere, simple, no more than; unadulterated, unmixed; (c)~ scotlond, all Scotland.

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    • c1425Glo.Chron.A(Hrl 201)p.179:Þe kyng Arture þys þre men kynges made þere..Auncel kyng of pur [B: puȝr; vrr. puir, puire, pure] Scotlond.
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    (a) Morally or spiritually pure or perfect; blameless; also, honest, trustworthy;clene and ~, ~ and clene;~ of, innocent of (an offense);the ~, meek or innocent people; (b) sexually pure, virginal, chaste.

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    (a) Actual, real, genuine, true;~ night, full night;~ somer (winter), midsummer (midwinter);~ of treuth, really true; (b) as intensive:the ~ fettres, even the fetters, the very fetters;on ~ erthe, on earth itself;bi ~ kinde, by his very nature;into the ~ corneres, even into the corners;to his flesh ~, to his very flesh; etc.

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