† deˈpure, v. Obs.
[ad. F. dépurer or med.L. dēpūrāre: see depurate.]
trans. To free from impurity, cleanse, purify (lit. and fig.); = depurate v.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 2768 Send..Sum pured pelloure depurid to put in oure wedis. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 246 My soule depuryd from vyce. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe Ep. Ded., He sends for the barber to depure, decurtate, and sponge him. 1699 Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 156 Ingredients..[which] depure the Blood. |
Hence deˈpured, deˈpuring ppl. adjs.
| 1503 Hawes Examp. Virt. vi. 74 And lyke crystall depured was Euery wyndowe. 1508 Dunbar Goldyn Targe i, With cleir depurit beims christalyne. 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 133 Confycte them with claryfied and depuryd hunny. 1546 Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. ii. i. 35 b, Lawes promulgate by God, confirmed after the moste depured and perfecte maner. 1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xxxii. 417 Spirit of Night..Already doth thy soft depuring light Mine eyes unfilm. |