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† deˈpure, v. Obs.
[ad. F. dépurer or med.L. dēpūrāre: see depurate.]
trans. To free from impurity, cleanse, purify (lit. and fig.); = depurate v.
a1400–50Alexander 2768 Send..Sum pured pelloure depurid to put in oure wedis. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 246 My soule depuryd from vyce. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Ep. Ded., He sends for the barber to depure, decurtate, and sponge him. 1699Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 156 Ingredients..[which] depure the Blood.
Hence deˈpured, deˈpuring ppl. adjs.
1503Hawes Examp. Virt. vi. 74 And lyke crystall depured was Euery wyndowe. 1508Dunbar Goldyn Targe i, With cleir depurit beims christalyne. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 133 Confycte them with claryfied and depuryd hunny. 1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. ii. i. 35 b, Lawes promulgate by God, confirmed after the moste depured and perfecte maner. 1873W. S. Mayo Never Again xxxii. 417 Spirit of Night..Already doth thy soft depuring light Mine eyes unfilm. |