depure

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verb

to depurate; to purify

OriginFrench dépurer →
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Meanings

verbdepure (third-person singular simple present depures, present participle depuring, simple past and past participle depured)

present singular third person depures · participle present depuring · participle past depured · past depured

  1. obsoleteto depurate; to purify

    1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation of Tyndale's Answer be depured and clensed byfore that he shall be layed vppe for pure golde in the treasours of god

Origin

  1. Frenchdépurer
  2. Englishdepure

From French dépurer. See depurate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

perdueDupree
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depure.

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