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To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity. [R.] Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell.

To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).

Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truth"less*ness, n.

To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. Shak. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Ps. xii. 6. For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Ps. lxvi. 10.…

ntained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.

Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.

To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify. Coleridge.

Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

lowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum. [Writ…

Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc. Dryden.

An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine by measuring its density.

The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.

Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. Virtue only makes our bliss below. Pope. If there's Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. Addison.

ort one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. South.

ottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under Washing. -- Wash gilding. See Water gilding. -- Wash leather, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and…

Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure. White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. Dryden. No whiter page than Addison's remains. Pope.

Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.

To work off, to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting. -- To work out. (a) To effect by labor and exertion. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." Phil. ii. 12. (b) To erase; to efface. [R.] Tears of joy for your returning spilt, Work out and e…