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Pur   /pər/   Listen
verb
Pur  v. t.  To signify or express by purring.



Pur  v. i.  (past & past part. purred; pres. part. purring)  (Written also purr)  To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.



noun
Pur  n.  (Written also purr)  The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.






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"Pur" Quotes from Famous Books



... be Arrian's meaning, when he says, {ai keraiai periklastheisaiexekhean es to pur osa es exapsin tes phlogus pareskeuasmena ...
— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson

... winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent pur, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various

... villainy. C'est de l'exquis, du pur exquis. Come, my dear fellow, this is very serious—it's a bad business," said Gabriel Nash. Then he added almost with austerity: "You'll be so good as to place before me every patch of paint, every sketch and scrap, ...
— The Tragic Muse • Henry James

... tea from a saucer and nibbling at a piece of sugar. "Ce petit morceau de sucre, ce n'est rien.... There is something noble and independent about her, and at the same time—gentle. Le comme il faut tout pur, but rather ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... Sa/m/kalpavikalparupamanana/s/aktya haira/n/yagarbhi buddhir manas tasya/h/ vyash/t/imana/h/su samash/t/itaya vyaptim aha mahan iti. Sa/m/kalpadi/s/ktitaya tarhi sa/m/dehatmatva/m/ tatraha matir iti. Mahatvam upapadayati brahmeti. Bhogyajatadharatvam aha pur iti. Ni/sk/ayatmakatvam aha buddhir iti. Kirti/s/aktimattvam aha khyatir iti. Niyamana/s/aktimatvam aha i/s/vara iti. Loke yat prak/ri/sh/t/a/m/ j/n/anam tatosnatirekam aha praj/n/eti. Tatphalam api tato narthantaravishayam ...
— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 • George Thibaut


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