1. uncontaminated, untainted; clean, free of dirt; absolute, utter. purepure , a. [compar. purer ; superl. purest.] [oe. pur, f. pur, fr. l. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, skr. p to clean, and perh. e. fire. cf. putative.]