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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. Source: opted
  4. 4. superl. Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Source: opted
  5. 5. superl. Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. free of extraneous elements of any kind Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. free from discordant qualities Source: wordnet
  10. 10. adj. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied Source: wordnet
  11. 11. adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless Source: wordnet
  12. 12. adj. in a state of sexual virginity Source: wordnet

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