单词 | repure |
释义 | repurev. rare (archaic in later use). transitive. To purify again. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)] > again repurge?1536 repurea1542 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)] > again repurge?1536 repurea1542 repurify1575 resublime1651 a1542 T. Wyatt Certayne Psalmes (1549) 25 Thee lorde dothe hym repure As adder fresshe, newe strypped from hys skynne. 1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. B2 No, no, nor state, nor honor can repure, Dishonor'd sheet's. 1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure v. i The winds shall..breathe rich odours to re-pure the air. 1927 R. A. Taylor Leonardo the Florentine iii. ii. 324 She whose divine nature for ever repures and recastles itself from the embraces of her lovers. Derivatives reˈpured adj. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 20 What will it be When that the watry pallats taste indeed Loues thrice repured Nectar? a1907 F. Thompson Wks. (1913) I. 41 Repured vermilion, Like ear-tips 'gainst the sun. 1944 B. H. Bronson in Univ. Calif. Pub. Eng. 3 463 The dross of casual place and time and circumstance, has been strained off from this thrice repurèd distillation: only the universal remains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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