Webster's Dictionary 1913

9856

Purificative

Pu″ri‐fi‐ca‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. purificatif.] Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.

9857

Purificator

Pu″ri‐fi‐ca′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.

9858

Purificatory

Pu‐rif″i‐ca‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. purificatorius.] Serving or tending to purify; purificative.

9859

Purifier

Pu″ri‐fi′er (?), n. One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.

9860

Puriform

Pu″ri‐form (pū″rĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. pus, puris, pus + -form: cf. F. puriforme.] (Med.) In the form of pus.

9861

Purify

Pu″ri‐fy (–fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Purified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Purifying (?).] [F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Pure, and -fy.] 1. To m...

9862

Purify (2)

Pu″ri‐fy, v. i. To grow or become pure or clear.

9863

Purim

‖Pu″rim (?), n. [Heb. pūr, pl. pūrīm, a lot.] A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Ha...

9864

Purism

Pur″ism (?), n. [Cf. F. purisme.] Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. “His political ...

9865

Purist

Pur″ist, n. [Cf. F. puriste.] 1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.He... purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. ...

9866

Puristic

{ Pu‐ris″tic (?), Pu‐ris″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to purists or purism.

9867

Puritan

Pu″ri‐tan (?), n. [From Purity.] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler...

9868

Puritan (2)

Pu″ri‐tan, a. Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

9869

Puritanic

{ Pu′ri‐tan″ic (?), Pu′ri‐tan″ic‐al (?), } a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements...

9870

Puritanically

Pu′ri‐tan″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a puritanical manner.

9871

Puritanism

Pu″ri‐tan‐ism (?), n. The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

9872

Puritanize

Pu″ri‐tan‐ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Puritanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Puritanizing (?).] To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Purita...

9873

Purity

Pu″ri‐ty (?), n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purté, F. pureté, from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.] The condition of being pure. Specifically: (a) freedom from foreign admixt...

9874

Purkinje's cells

Pur″kin‐je's cells′ (?). [From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.] (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.

9875

Purl

Purl (?), v. t. [Contr. fr. purfile, purfle. See Purfle.] To decorate with fringe or embroidery. “Nature's cradle more enchased and purled.” B. Jonson.

9876

Purl (2)

Purl, n. 1. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet...

9877

Purl (3)

Purl, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Purled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Purling.] [Cf. Sw. porla, and E. pur to murmur as a cat.] 1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or ...

9878

Purl (4)

Purl, n. [See 3d Purl.] 1. A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.Whose stream an easy breath doth seem to blow,Which on the sparkling gravel runs in purles,A...

9879

Purlieu

Pur″lieu (?), n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. puralée, poralée (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro, ...

9880

Purlin

{ Pur″lin, Pur″line } (?), n.(Arch.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

9881

Purling

Purl″ing (?), n. [See 3d Purl.] The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.

9882

Purloin

Pur‐loin″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Purloined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Purloining.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far off (L...