2. Adjective. having the greatest purity ¹
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Definition of Purest
1. pure [adj] - See also: pure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purest
Literary usage of Purest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The purest sort of sand must be chosen, and washed, first in muriatic acid, ...
Minium is preferable to the purest litharge. Ceruse may also be used. ..."
2. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1890)
"A cast ingot of purest aluminium has a slightly fibrous structure, a section £
inch thick ... However, onlv the purest varieties show these peculiarities. ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"traveller, an indefatigable workman, a Bohemian of the purest water, a turbulent
bravo, a courtier and companion of princes; finally, a Florentine who used ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"... with interpreters, and by their means exercised no small influence, not always
of the purest kind, over its transact ions with the Porte ' (MS. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"... are used by the purest dialect speakers, and " them's" for " those are" seems
to have the license of old usage. LIST OF VERBS. Present. Preterite. ..."
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