Defn: To grow or become pure or clear.
PURIM
Pu"rim, n. Etym: [Heb. pur, pl. purim, a lot.]
Defn: A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman. Esther ix. 26.
PURISM
Pur"ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. purisme.]
Defn: Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. "His political purism." De Quincey. The English language, however, . . . had even already become too thoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the letter. Craik.
PURIST
Pur"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. puriste.]
1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language. He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.
2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. M. Stuart.
PURISTIC; PURISTICAL
Pu*ris"tic, Pu*ris"tic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to purists or purism.