As a verb debase
is to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
As a noun pure is
puree,.
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debase English
Verb
(debas)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.[Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.]
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demean
Derived terms
* debased
* debasedness
* debasement
* debaser
* undebased
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pure English
Adjective
( en-adj)
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
* (1800-1859)
- Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
(senseid)Free of foreign material or pollutants.
* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
- A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
* Bible, v. 22
- Keep thyself pure .
(label) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Magician’s brain
, passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
(label) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
(label) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Synonyms
* perfect
* innocent
* See also
Antonyms
* impure, contaminated
* (done for its own sake) applied
Derived terms
* pure finder
* as pure as the driven snow
Related terms
* purification
* purify
* purity
* puritan
* puritanism
* purist
* purism
Adverb
( en adverb)
(Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- You’re pure busy.
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