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pur
/pɝ/
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What does pur mean?
noun
- Initialism of polyurethane.
- Initialism of person using radio.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (dated) Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
verb
- (dated) Dated form of purr.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɝ/
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We are struck with the frequent repetition of the syllables guaz, ez, puec, and pur.
Les dômes, sur l’azur des ondes Suivant la phrase au pur contour, S’enflent comme des gorges rondes Que soulève un soupir d’amour.
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This enabled my master to breathe a little easier, and to feel that Mr. Cray was not his pur- suer after all.
Here is a pur of Fortune’s, sir, or of Fortune’s cat, but not a musk-cat, that has fallen into the unclean fishpond of her displeasure, and as he says, is muddied withal.
Any amount of stock, odd or even, may be pur- chased through a banker or broker, and war- rants for the interest are forwarded half-yearly to the address of the registered holder.