(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.
(superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
(superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
(superl.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
(superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have confirmed this directly by showing that pure CCK is a potent inhibitor of gastric emptying.
(2) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
(3) A cytogenetic and anatomopathologic study of an embryo of 24 mm crown-rump length showing pure triploidy (69,XXY) is reported.
(4) Of the three patients with a pure or predominantly endometrioid pattern treated with diethylstilbestrol, two had a marked clinical response.
(5) In case of biliary and pancreatic duct obstruction with pure pancreatic reflux, both oedema and inflammatory infiltrations were evident, whereas, in the presence of biliary reflux too, more serious histological features were detected.
(6) Pure bile gave 32 correct diagnoses (67%) and 14 diagnoses of inadequate material (29%), which contained few nondegenerated cells and made microscopic diagnosis unreliable.
(7) Enzyme activities were measured on nitrocellulose blots by using pure enzyme preparations as well as Triton X-100-solubilized membranes.
(8) A critical attitude towards the use of silicone breast implants, when these are used for purely cosmetic purposes, is recommended at present.
(9) An attempt to eliminate the age effect by adjusting for age differences in monaural shadowing errors, fluid intelligence, and pure-tone hearing loss did not succeed.
(10) Of the two major forms of cytotactin (220 and 200 kDa), the larger form predominated during development of the mouse brain and also predominated in mixed neuron-glia cultures but not in pure glial cultures.
(11) Embryonal carcinomas were found in 15 tumours, two being of pure type and the remaining 13 a part of mixed tumours.
(12) While the precise function of the MIRP is not known, the availability of this protein in pure and biologically relevant quantities will allow further studies to elucidate its pathobiologic function.
(13) Differential plating yielded relatively pure populations of chromaffin cells that demonstrated excellent viability if processed within 2 hours after cessation of the gland's circulation.
(14) Homogenates of these cells in chloroform-methanol solution showed an identical absorption spectrum with pure bilirubin dissolved in the same solution.
(15) An autopsy on the next day revealed pure pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage without leukemic infiltration or inflammation.
(16) 0.5 to 1 gram pure Bismuth per day and person leaves the patients naturally by faeces.
(17) Moreover, exposure to a pure 60 Hz electric field or to a magnetically-induced electric field of identical strength resulted in similar changes in calcium transport.
(18) Pure sarcomas of the esophagus are exceedingly rare.
(19) Confirmation of the identity of the clone was provided by a match between the amino acid sequence predicted from the cDNA sequence and the actual amino acid sequence determined for a tryptic peptide fragment of one of the pure glycoproteins.
(20) Six were benign, 11 malignant fibrous, and 3 pure malignant histiocytomas.
Romance
Definition:
(n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
(n.) An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
(n.) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
(n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
(n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
(v. i.) To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, in genres such as westerns, sci-fi and romance, well over 50% of sales could be in ebook form.
(2) 23 May More films to see in 2014 • 2014 preview: thrillers • 2014 preview: comedy • 2014 preview: Oscar hopefuls • 2014 preview: science fiction • 2014 preview: romance • 2014 preview: drama • This article was amended on Thursday 2 January 2014.
(3) This component of a more comprehensive study of Houdini focuses on the unusual reification of his family romance fantasies, their endurance well beyond the usual boundaries in time, their kinship with mythological themes, and their infusion with the ambivalence that is often addressed toward the true parents.
(4) While the multiplexes seem to be racing to make filmgoing expensive and unglamorous, here was romance.
(5) In high school, I was having this mad, passionate romance.
(6) The contemporary family romance myth of the secret benefactor as rescuer is described.
(7) The following year he played a philosophising, brutal hitman in the film True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino , which paved the way for his lead role in The Sopranos, the gangster family saga that ran for six seasons from 1999.
(8) When notoriously snooty indie website Pitchfork reviewed True Romance, it gave it an 8.3, which is significant of the coolster demographic she reaches across the Atlantic.
(9) Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, which produces the show, said: "We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy played out by some of the most iconic characters on television."
(10) But given its popularity, it is little wonder that negotiating "Facebook divorce" status updates has become another unhappy event for failed romances, over when to launch the site's broken-heart icon out into the glare of the world's news feed.
(11) Rumours of their romance were fuelled when, after dinner meetings in Hong Kong, they were seen holding hands.
(12) Witherspoon began working in films aged 14, making an instant impression after being cast in the lead role for the 1991 teen romance The Man in the Moon.
(13) Olympic medals, Nobel prizes, the colour of coffee romances, prestige credit cards and superior chocolate from Terry's to Wispa .
(14) You can pick up your Daredevil comic at Secret Headquarters ( thesecretheadquarters.com ), romance a date at Cafe Stella (3932 Sunset Boulevard; 001 323 666 0265), and grab some Humboldt Fog at Cheese Store of Silver Lake ( cheesestoresl.com ).
(15) The high-tech production sticks closely to the original story charting the rise and romance of amateur boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Drew Sarich.
(16) China has been courting Robert Ocholla with the awkward intensity of a high-school romance.
(17) She described a concentrated process of grooming by the entertainer, who kept up an intermittent and almost entirely romance-free sexual liaison with her until her late 20s.
(18) Amazon already has imprints for cult fiction (47North), thrillers (Thomas & Mercer), romance (Montlake Romance), children's books (Amazon Children's Publishing), foreign literature (AmazonCrossing), as well as its main imprint AmazonEncore, which launched in 2009.
(19) Well here's what they'll someday learn if they have a soul; there's no romance in a mouse click.
(20) The sidebar is dominated by the French romance Blue is the Warmest Colour, winner of the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes film festival, and the dark Italian satire The Great Beauty, which swept the European film awards last weekend.